ridding

ridding · verb¹

From rid + -ing.

ridding · noun²

1. Old English · inherited fromhryding“a clearing, a patch of cleared land”
2. Middle English · inherited fromriddyng
3. English todayridding

From Middle English riddyng, reddyng, ryddyng, rudyng, from Old English hryding (“a clearing, a patch of cleared land”), equivalent to rid + -ing.

Words from the same roots