swimming
/ˈswɪmɪŋ/ · noun
Meaning
- The act or art of sustaining and propelling the body in water.
- The state of being dizzy or in vertigo.
- present participle and gerund of swim
Etymology / origin
From Middle English swymmynge. Equivalent to swim (“to move through water”, verb) + -ing (suffix forming gerunds).
- swymmynge(enm)→
- swimming (English)
- Relations: inh
Related words
Descendant words
- スイミング(Japanese) (bor)
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