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kneeling

Today it means: The act by which someone kneels. Full definition →

Middle English knelinge

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kneeling · verb¹

From kneel + -ing.

kneeling · noun²

Middle English · inherited fromknelinge
English todaykneeling

From Middle English knelinge, kneweling, kneolunge, equivalent to kneel + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.