tokening

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of token

Noun

• The act or process of marking or designating.
• A token, sign, or proof.
• That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation.

Origin

• From Middle English tokenyng, *taknand, from Old English tācniende, from Proto-Germanic *taiknōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taiknōną, equivalent to token + -ing.
• From Middle English tokning, takning, from Old English tācnung, equivalent to token + -ing.