Ing vs Ming - What's the difference?
ing | ming |
To mix, blend, mingle.
(obsolete) To bring (people, animals etc.) together; to be joined, in marriage or sexual intercourse.
* 1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , I.ii:
(UK, dialectal) To produce through mixing; especially, to knead.
(British, slang) To be unattractive (person or object).
(British, slang) To be foul smelling.
As a proper noun ing
is shortened from inga, rare by itself but a popular first part of twentieth century hyphenated names like ing-britt and ing-marie.ing
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) .References
* OED 2nd edition 1989Etymology 2
: From Pitman em'' and ''en , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.Anagrams
* ----ming
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) mingen, mengen, from (etyl) . More at (l).Alternative forms
* minge, mengVerb
- the old man [...] him brought into a secret part, / Where that false couple were full closely ment / In wanton lust and lewd embracement [...].