-ing

Morpheme

-ing

Type

suffix

Denotation

present participle suffix

Etymology

Middle English -ing, -inge, -ynge, earlier -inde, -ende, -and; Old English -ende, -ing, -ung

Evidence

barking, eating, everlastingness, flying, making, panicking, partying, picnicking, reading, singing, sitting, skiing, speaking, taking, trying, unwillingness, writing

Homographs

-ing