repasting

English

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

English repast

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-gō

Proto-Germanic *-ōngō?

Proto-Germanic *-ungō

Old English -ung

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English repasting

From repast + -ing.

Noun

repasting

1. gerund of repast: an act of eating or having a meal.
   • 1644, John Milton, Areopagitica; a Speech of Mr. John Milton for the Liberty of Unlicenc’d Printing, to the Parlament of England, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, page 11:

     [W]hen God did enlarge the univerſall diet of mans body, ſaving ever the rules of temperance, he then alſo, as before, left arbitrary the dyeting and repaſting of our minds; as wherein every mature man might have to exerciſe his owne leading capacity.

Verb

repasting

1. present participle and gerund of repast

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

repasting

1. present participle and gerund of repaste

Anagrams

• retapings, string pea, taperings, trapesing