Etymology

loving

lov·ing
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Today it means: The action of the verb to love. Full definition →

Middle English lovyng(e) ← Old English lufung
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromlufung
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlovyng(e)
  3. English todayloving

Inherited from Middle English lovyng(e) (“love”), inherited from Old English lufung. By surface analysis, love + -ing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.