Etymology

sweating

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Today it means: The production and evaporation of a watery fluid called sweat that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Full definition →

Middle English sweting
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsweting
  2. English todaysweating

From Middle English sweting, swetynge, equivalent to sweat + -ing (gerund ending).

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