Etymology

laughing

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Today it means: verbal adjective of laugh: the action of the verb to laugh. Full definition →

Middle English laughynge
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromlaughynge
  2. English todaylaughing

From Middle English laughynge; equivalent to laugh + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.