English

going

/ˈɡəʊ.ɪŋ/
Attending or visiting (a stated event, place, etc.) habitually or regularly.

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    Verb form from Middle English goinge, goynge, gayng, variants of gonde, goonde, gaand, from Old English gānde, from Proto-Germanic *gēndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *gēną, *gāną (“to go”), equivalent to go + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian geanend (“going”), Dutch gaand (“going”), German gehend (“going”), Danish gående (“going”), Swedish gående (“going”).

    Noun and adjective from Middle English going, goyng, gaing, gayng, equivalent to go + -ing. Compare German Gehung, Old English gang (“a going”). More at gang.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishgoinge
      • inheritedOld Englishgānde
        • inheritedProto-Germanic*gēndz
          • derivedProto-Germanic*gēną
      • inheritedMiddle Englishgoing
    • surface analysisEnglishgo “To move through space (especially to or through a place). (May be used of tangible things such as p…”
    • suffixEnglish-ing “As true nouns.”
      • inheritedMiddle English-ynge
        • inheritedOld English-ung
        • inheritedOld English-ende
      • inheritedMiddle English-yng
        • inheritedOld English-ing “belonging to”

    Related: West Frisian geanend, Dutch gaand, German gehend, Danish gående, Swedish gående, German Gehung

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