walking

A2 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled walkin

US /ˈwaːk.ɪn/ UK /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Freq #986

Meanings

1

noun
The activity of travelling on foot, often as exercise.

Walking is a healthy form of exercise.
2

adj
Used for or suitable for walking.

They went on a walking tour of the hills.
3

adj
Used informally to say a person seems to be a living example of some quality.

My grandmother is a walking dictionary.

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1 noun · the activity of travelling... walk

Etymology

From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.

walkynge Middle English wealcende Old English *walkandz Proto-Germanic *walkaną Proto-Germanic

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# walking

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈwaːk.ɪn/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈwɔː.kɪŋ/
**Frequency rank:** 986

## Meanings
1. The activity of travelling on foot, often as exercise.
2. Used for or suitable for walking.
3. Used informally to say a person seems to be a living example of some quality.

## Examples
- Walking is a healthy form of exercise.
- They went on a walking tour of the hills.
- My grandmother is a walking dictionary.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: walkynge
- Root: wealcende
- Root: *walkandz
- Root: *walkaną

## Etymology
From Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing.

## AI Etymology
Walking is from Middle English walkynge, walkinge, walkinde, walkende, walkand, walkande, from Old English wealcende (attested as Old English wealcendes), from Proto-Germanic *walkandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *walkaną (“to roll, trample, walk”), equivalent to walk + -ing. Important historical forms include Middle English walkynge, Old English wealcende, Proto-Germanic *walkandz, and Proto-Germanic *walkaną. In present-day use, it can mean the activity of travelling on foot, often as exercise, or used for or suitable for walking.

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- People & Society

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