Etymology

trending

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English trend ← Middle English trenden ← Old English trendan
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trending · verb, adjective1

  1. Proto-West Germanic*trandijan
  2. Old Englishtrendan
  3. Middle Englishtrenden
  4. Englishtrend
  5. English todaytrending

From trend + -ing.

trending · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromtrendinge
  2. English todaytrending

From Middle English trendinge, trendynge, equivalent to trend + -ing.

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