Aging
/ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/noun
The process of growing older or becoming old.
Did you know?The word comes from Old French and Latin roots tied to acting or making something happen, not from any occult meaning — but it became the everyday name for the unstoppable process that changes everything.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ag-
“to drive, lead, move”
Latin
Latin
agere
“to drive, do, act”
Late Latin
Latin
agere + -ia
“the act or process of doing”
Old French
Old French
age
“age, lifetime”
Middle English
English
agen
“to grow old; age”
Modern English
English
aging
“the process of growing older”