liking

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of like

Noun

• A like; a predilection.
• Approval.

Origin

• From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English līciende, līciġende, from Proto-Germanic *līkāndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *līkāną, equivalent to like + -ing.
• From Middle English likinge, from Old English līcung, equivalent to like + -ing.