Etymology

looking

look·ing
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Today it means: as the last part of compound adjectives: relating to or having the appearance of. Full definition →

Middle English lokynge ← Old English lōciende
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looking · verb1

  1. Old English · derived fromlōcian“to look”
  2. Old English · inherited fromlōciende
  3. Middle English · inherited fromlokynge
  4. English todaylooking

From Middle English lokynge, from earlier lokinde, lokende, from Old English lōciende, present participle of Old English lōcian (“to look”), equivalent to look + -ing.

looking · noun2

  1. Old English · inherited fromlōcung
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlokynge
  3. English todaylooking

From Middle English lokynge, lokinge, from Old English lōcung (attested in Old English þurhlōcung), equivalent to look + -ing.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlōcian all →

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