tokening
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English tokenyng, *taknand, from Old English tācniende, from Proto-Germanic *taiknōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *taiknōną (“to mark, denote, indicate”), equivalent to token + -ing.
Verb edit
tokening
- present participle and gerund of token
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English tokning, takning, from Old English tācnung (“signification, indication, sign, characteristic mark, symptom”), equivalent to token + -ing.
Noun edit
tokening (countable and uncountable, plural tokenings)
- The act or process of marking or designating.
- A token, sign, or proof.
- That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation.