Humming
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late Middle English: imitative.
wiktionary
From hum + -ing.
From Middle English hummynge, equivalent to hum + -ing.
etymonline
humming (adj.)
1570s, "that hums," present-participle adjective from hum (v.). Meaning "brisk, vigorous, energetic" is from 1680s. Related: Hummingly. Humming-bird (1630s) so called from sound made by the rapid vibration of its wings.
There is a curious bird to see to, called a humming bird, no bigger then a great Beetle. [Thomas Morton, "New English Canaan," 1637]
