## Meanings
1. The activity of putting words on paper or screen.
2. Words or symbols written on a surface.
3. The particular way a person forms letters by hand.
4. The collected works of an author.

## Examples
- I came up with the ideas, and my partner did the writing.
- I turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show.
- I'm sorry, but I can't read your writing.
- This idea appears again and again in Hemingway's writings.

## Derived Forms
- bookwriting
- brainwriting
- cyberwriting
- e-writing
- fanwriting
- food-writing
- foodwriting
- footwriting
- freewriting
- gagwriting
- handwriting
- hymnwriting

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: writinge
- Root: wrītende
- Root: wrītan

## Etymology
From Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wrītende, present participle of Old English wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write + -ing.

## AI Etymology
Writing is from Middle English writinge, wrytynge, writende, writand, from Old English wrītende, present participle of Old English wrītan (“to scratch, carve, write”), equivalent to write + -ing. Important historical forms include Middle English writinge, Old English wrītende, and Old English wrītan. In present-day use, it can mean the activity of putting words on paper or screen, or words or symbols written on a surface. Derived formations include bookwriting, brainwriting, cyberwriting, e-writing, fanwriting.

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