Hanging
Old English hangian (intransitive verb), of West Germanic origin, related to Dutch and German hangen, reinforced by the Old Norse transitive verb hanga .
wiktionary
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
From Middle English hangynge, honginge, equivalent to hang + -ing. Compare Old English hengen(“hanging”) and hōhing(“hanging”).
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hanging (n.)
c. 1300, "act of putting to death on the gallows," verbal noun from hang (v.). Meaning "piece of drapery on the wall of a room" is late 15c. Hangings "curtains, tapestry" is from 1640s.
hanging (adj.)
late 12c., present-participle adjective from hang (v.). Hanging gardens (of Babylon), one of the wonders of the world, is Latin pensiles horti, Greek kremastoi kepoi. Hanging judge first recorded 1848.
