reading · verb1
- Old English · inherited fromrǣdende
- Middle English · inherited fromreding
- English todayreading
From Middle English reding, redyng, redand, from Old English rǣdende, present participle of rǣdan (“to read”), equivalent to read + -ing.
reading · noun2
- Old English · inherited fromrǣding“reading”
- Middle English · inherited fromreding
- English todayreading
From Middle English reding, redynge, redunge, from Old English rǣding (“reading”), equivalent to read + -ing.
Reading · proper noun3
- Old English · inherited fromRēadingas
- English todayReading
From Old English Rēadingas, the name of a tribe or clan of early Anglo-Saxon England whose capital was at Reading. Not related to reading.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.