Etymology

lakering

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Today it means: Playing; sport; jesting. Full definition →

Middle English lakeringe
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromlakeringe
  2. English todaylakering

From Middle English lakeringe, lakeryng, lakring, perhaps from *lakeren, frequentative variant of laken, leiken (“to play, sport”), or equivalent to laker + -ing.

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