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What is the etymology of the word "thing"?

Question #149735. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated Aug 31 2023.
Originally posted Aug 31 2023 8:12 PM.

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The word has time-related (meeting, assembly) derivations from Old English, Germanic, Middle Dutch and Old Norse.

Literally "appointed time" (Germanic).
perhaps on notion of "stretch of time for a meeting or assembly."

link https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=thing&utm_campaign=sd&utm_medium=serp&utm_source=ds_search

See also:
link https://wiki2.org/en/Thing_(assembly)+Newton
Response last updated by psnz on Aug 31 2023.
Aug 31 2023, 8:13 PM
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