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tiding

Pronunciation: /ˈtaɪdɪŋ/

The English word “tiding” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. News; new information.

Etymology

From a merger of Middle English tiding, tidinge, from Late Old English tīdung, with Middle English tidinde, tidende, from or influenced by Old Norse tíðindi (“news, tidings”), both connected to Old English tīdan (“to befall; happen”). Though it is sometimes assumed that the form in -ind/-end is original and later assimilated to -ing, the cognates Dutch tijding and German Zeitung point to…

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