tiding

Meaning

news; new information

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtaɪdɪŋ/

Etymology

From a merger of Middle English tiding, tidinge, from Late Old English tīdung, with Middle English tidinde, tidende, from or influenced by Old Norse tíðindi (“news, tidings”), both connected to Old English tīdan (“to befall; happen”). Though it is sometimes assumed that the form in -ind/-end is original and later assimilated to -ing, the cognates Dutch tijding and German Zeitung point to inheritance from Proto-West Germanic *tīdungō. By surface analysis, tide (“time”) + -ing.

Cognate with Dutch

tijding

Cognate with German

Zeitung

New

tide

1. The periodic change of the sea level, particularly when caused by the gravitational influence of the sun and the moon.
2. A stream, current or flood.
3. (obsolete) Time, notably anniversary, period or season linked to an ecclesiastical feast.
4. A time.
5. A point or period of time identified or described by a qualifier (found in compounds).
6. The period of twelve hours.
7. Something which changes like the tides of the sea.
8. Tendency or direction of causes, influences, or events; course; current.
9. (obsolete) Violent confluence