Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tokening

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: to-ken-ing
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of token

noun

The act or process of marking or designating.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A token, sign, or proof.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

That which a thing betokens; meaning, interpretation.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: tokenyng, tācniende, *taiknōndz, *taiknōną, tokning, tācnung

Usage

Inflected Forms

tokenings (plural)

Questions

What does tokening mean?: present participle and gerund of token
Where does tokening come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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