## Meanings
1. The act or process of producing or creating something.
2. The qualities needed to become a particular kind of person or thing.
3. The things needed to make or do something.

## Examples
- The making of the film took almost three years.
- With more training, she has the makings of a great leader.
- He bought all the makings for a hearty soup.

## Derived Forms
- artmaking
- automaking
- babymaking
- badgemaking
- bagmaking
- barrelmaking
- basketmaking
- beadmaking
- bedmaking
- beermaking
- bellmaking
- beltmaking

## Related Forms
- maker

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: making
- Root: macung

## Etymology
From Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with dated Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga.

## AI Etymology
Making comes from Middle English making, from Old English macung (“making”), equivalent to make + -ing. Cognate with dated Dutch making (“making”), Old High German machunga. The historical chain includes making (Middle English) and macung (Old English). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as artmaking, automaking, babymaking, and badgemaking and related forms such as maker. In present use it covers the act or process of producing or creating something, the qualities needed to become a particular kind of person or thing, and the things needed to make or do something.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process
- Actions & Processes

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