beginning

Meanings

Noun

Verb

  • Present participle of begin

Adjective

  • Of or relating to the first portion of some extended thing.

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Origin

  • From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.
  • From Middle English begynnyng, bygynnynge, From Old English *beginnende (attested only as Old English onginnende), from Proto-Germanic *biginnandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *biginnanÄ…, equivalent to begin + -ing.

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