ging

Meaning

Noun

• A company; troop; a gang.
• A slingshot
• A redhead, a ginger-haired person

Origin

• From Middle English gyng, gynge, genge, from Old English genge ("a troop, privy, company, retinue"), from Proto-Germanic *gangiją ("pace, walk"). Cognate with Middle Low German gink ("a going, turn, way"), Old Norse gengi ("accompaniment, entourage, help"), Icelandic gengi ("rate"). Related to Old English gengan ("to go"), from Proto-Germanic *gangijaną ("to go"). More at gang.
• From ginger