writing

writing · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*wreyd-der.?
2. Proto-Germanic*wrītaną
3. Proto-West Germanic*wrītan
4. Old Englishwrītan
5. Old Englishwrīting
6. Middle Englishwriting
7. English todaywriting

From Middle English writing, writyng, wryting, wrytyng, from Old English wrīting (“writing”), equivalent to write + -ing.

writing · verb²

1. Old English · derived fromwrītan“to scratch, carve, write”
2. Old English · inherited fromwrītende
3. Middle English · inherited fromwritinge
4. English todaywriting

From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wrītende, present participle of Old English wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write + -ing.

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