Fringeing
/ˈfrɪndʒɪŋ/noun
Present participle of fringe, meaning to form or add a border or edge to something.
Did you know?Fringe ultimately traces back to Latin *fimbria*, a word for a border or hem, and its history is all about the liminal space where one thing ends and another begins.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
fimbria
“a border, hem, or fringe”
Old French
Old French
frenge
“a fringe or tassel”
Middle English
Middle English
frynge
“a fringe or decorative border”
Modern English
English
fringe
“a border of hanging or projecting threads; the outer edge of something”
Modern English
English
fringeing
“adding a fringe; forming a border or edge”