shaping

shaping · noun¹

1. Middle English · inherited fromschapynge
2. English todayshaping

From Middle English schapynge, equivalent to shape + -ing.

shaping · verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*skapjaną“to form, shape, create”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*skapjandz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*skappjandī
4. Old English · inherited fromsċyppende
5. Middle English · inherited fromshapinge
6. English todayshaping

From Middle English shapinge, shapende, schapende, schappande, from Old English sċyppende, sċeppende, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjandī, from Proto-Germanic *skapjandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *skapjaną (“to form, shape, create”), equivalent to shape + -ing.

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