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wrongdoing

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Middle English wrong doyng

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Middle English · inherited fromwrong doyng
English todaywrongdoing

From Middle English wrong doyng, wrong doynge, wrong doinge, equivalent to wrong + doing.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.