-ing

Dictionary: -ing¹

suff.

Used to form the present participle of verbs: seeing.
Used to form adjectives resembling present participles but not derived from verbs: swashbuckling.

[Middle English, alteration (influenced by -inge, noun or gerund suff.; see -ing²) of -ende, -inde, from Old English -ende, present participle suff.]

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