Meanings
tokening1
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of token
tokening2
plural tokenings
- countableuncountableThe act or process of marking or designating.
- countableuncountableThat which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation.
Origin
tokening · verb
- Proto-Germanic*taiknōną“to mark, denote, indicate”
- Proto-Germanic*taiknōndz
- Old Englishtācniende
- Middle Englishtokenyng
- Englishtokening
From Middle English tokenyng, *taknand, from Old English tācniende, from Proto-Germanic *taiknōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taiknōną (“to mark, denote, indicate”), equivalent to token + -ing.
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Full word history & related roots →tokening · noun
- Old Englishtācnung“signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom”
- Middle Englishtokning
- Englishtokening
From Middle English tokning, takning, from Old English tācnung (“signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom”), equivalent to token + -ing.
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tokening. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tokening
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