Etymology

thinking

think·ing
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Today it means: The action or process of using one's mind to consider or reason about something. Full definition →

Middle English thinking
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thinking · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromthinking
  2. English todaythinking

From Middle English thinking, thynkynge, thenkyng, equivalent to think + -ing.

thinking · verb2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þankijandz
  2. Old English · inherited fromþenċende
  3. Middle English · inherited fromthenkinge
  4. English todaythinking

From Middle English thenkinge, þinkynge, þenkynge, þenchinde, from Old English þenċende, from Proto-Germanic *þankijandz, present participle of *þankijaną (“to think”), equivalent to think + -ing. Cognate with Dutch denkend (“thinking”), German denkend (“thinking”), Swedish tänkande (“thinking”).

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