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-ing
Mythic
suffix
•
Used to form
gerunds
, a
type
of
verbal nouns
, from
verbs
.
•
Used to form
uncountable
nouns
from
verbs
denoting
the
act
of doing something, an
action
.
•
Used to form
uncountable
nouns
from various
parts of speech
denoting
materials
or
systems
of
objects
considered
collectively
.
•
Forming
derivative
nouns
(originally
masculine
), with the
sense
‘son of,
belonging
to’,
as in
placenames
,
patronymics
or
diminutives
; -ite.
•
Having
a
specified
quality,
characteristic
, or
nature
; of the
kind of
•
Used to form
present participles
of
verbs
.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Similar
-age
-ïng
-ery
-in
-tion
-in'
Related
verb
noun
adjective
nouns
adverbs
adverbial
verbs
inflectional
adverb
noun phrase
Lineage
-ing
English
-ing
Middle English (1100-1500)
-ing
Old English (ca. 450-1100)
-inge
Middle English (1100-1500)
Sourced from
Etym
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