Etymology

making

mak·ing
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Today it means: The act of forming, causing, or constituting; workmanship; construction. Full definition →

Middle English making ← Old English macung
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making · noun1

  1. Old Englishmacung
  2. Middle Englishmaking
  3. English todaymaking

From Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with dated Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga.

making · verb2

  1. Proto-Germanic*makaz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*mak
  3. Proto-West Germanic*makōn?
  4. Old Englishmacian
  5. Middle Englishmaken
  6. Englishmake
  7. English todaymaking

From make + -ing.

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