"agoing" meaning in English

See agoing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Etymology: From a- + going. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|a-<id:on>|going|text=+|tree=1}} From a- + going., {{ety|en|:af|a-<id:on>|going|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂en-der. Proto-Germanic *an Proto-West Germanic *ana Old English on Middle English an Middle English a- English a- English going English agoing From a- + going. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} agoing
  1. (archaic, dialectal) present participle and gerund of go Tags: archaic, dialectal, form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: go

Alternative forms

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