Creeping
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Old English crēopan ‘move with the body close to the ground’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch kruipen . Sense 1 of the verb dates from Middle English.
wiktionary
From Middle English crepynge, crepinde, crepende, crepande, from Old English crēopende, from Proto-Germanic *kreupandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kreupaną(“to creep, crawl”), equivalent to creep + -ing.
From Middle English creping, crepynge, from Old English crēopung, equivalent to creep + -ing.
etymonline
creeping (adj.)
late 14c., in reference to disease, "slowly spreading," present-participle adjective from creep (v.). Also from late 14c. in reference to plants, "growing along the surface."
