teaching

teaching · noun¹

1. Old English · inherited fromtǣċing
2. Middle English · inherited fromteching
3. English todayteaching

From Middle English teching, techinge, from Old English tǣċing, tǣċung (“instruction, direction, teaching”), equivalent to teach + -ing.

teaching · verb²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*taikijaną“to show, point out”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*taikijandz
3. Old English · inherited fromtǣċende
4. Middle English · inherited fromtechinge
5. English todayteaching

From Middle English techinge, techynge, techende, techand, from Old English tǣċende, from Proto-Germanic *taikijandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taikijaną (“to show, point out”), equivalent to teach + -ing.

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