Etymology

undoing

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Today it means: The act of loosening or unfastening Full definition →

Middle English undoinge
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undoing · noun1

  1. Middle English · inherited fromundoinge
  2. English todayundoing

From Middle English undoinge, undoynge, ondoynge; equivalent to undo + -ing.

undoing · verb2

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*andadōndz
  2. Old English · inherited fromundōnde“undoing”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromundoynge
  4. English todayundoing

From Middle English undoynge, undoand, from Old English undōnde (“undoing”), from Proto-Germanic *andadōndz, present participle of *andadōną (“to undo”). Cognate with Dutch ontdoend (“undoing”).

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