FromMiddle Englishmingen,mengen, fromOld Englishmengan(“to mix, combine, unite, associate with, consort, cohabit with, disturb, converse”), fromProto-West Germanic*mangijan(“to mix, knead”), fromProto-Indo-European*menk-(“to rumple, knead”). Cognate withDutchmengen(“to mix, blend, mingle”),Germanmengen(“to mix”),Danishmænge(“to rub”),Old Englishġemang(“mixture, union, troop, crowd, multitude, congregation, assembly, business, cohabitation”). More atamong.
ming (third-person singular simple presentmings,present participleminging,simple past and past participlemingedormeintormentormeynt)
ming (pluralmings)
Backformation fromminging.
ming (third-person singular simple presentmings,present participleminging,simple past and past participleminged)
FromMiddle Englishmingen,mengen,mungen,muneȝen, fromOld Englishmyngian,mynegian,ġemynegian(“to bring to mind, have in mind”), frommyne(“mind”), fromġemunan(“to remember”), fromProto-Germanic*munaną(“to think”), fromProto-Indo-European*men-(“to think”). Merged in Middle English withOld Englishġemyndgian(“to remember, be mindful, remind, intend, commemorate, mention, exhort, impel, warn, demand payment”). More atmind.
ming (third-person singular simple presentmings,present participleminging,simple past and past participleminged)
FromChinese命(mìng,“destiny, fate; luck”).
ming (uncountable)
| Perso-Arabic | مینگ | |
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FromProto-Turkic*bïŋ.
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FromProto-Kuki-Chin*mik, fromProto-Sino-Tibetan*s-mjak ~ s-mik
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FromMiddle Englishmengen(“to mix”),myngeet al., fromOld Englishmengan(“to mix”). In sense "to stink" probably derived from the specialized sheep-smearing sense.
ming (pluralmings)
ming (third-person singular simple presentmings,present participlemingin,simple pastmingt,past participlemingt)
| ← 1 | ← 100 | 1,000 | 1,000,000 (106) → | 1,000,000,000 (109) → |
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| Cardinal:ming Ordinal:minginchi | ||||
FromProto-Turkic*bïŋ(“thousand”).
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