Liking

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Old English līcung (see like2, -ing1).

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From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English līciende, līciġende, from Proto-Germanic *līkāndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *līkāną, equivalent to like +‎ -ing.

From Middle English likinge, from Old English līcung(“pleasing; pleasure; gratification; liking”), equivalent to like +‎ -ing.

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liking (n.)

"fact of being to one's taste," Old English licung, verbal noun from like (v.).