kissing

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of kiss

Adjective

• That kisses.
• Just touching.

Noun

• The act of giving a kiss.

Origin

• From Middle English cussinde, from Old English cyssende, from Proto-Germanic *kussijandz, equivalent to kiss + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian küsjend, Dutch kussend, German Low German küssend, German küssend, Swedish kyssande, Icelandic kyssandi.
• From Middle English kissinge, kyssynge, kessinge, from Old English *cyssing (compare Old English cossettung), equivalent to kiss + -ing.