different between coaming vs coming

English

Etymology

From earlier coming, apparently from comb (“crest”) +? -ing; however, exact origin uncertain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.m??/

Noun

coaming (plural coamings)

1. (nautical) On a boat, the vertical side of above-deck structures, such as the coach roof, hatch, and cockpit.
2. A raised frame, designed to deflect or prevent entry of water, around an opening (e.g., a hatch or skylight) in a flat surface, such as a roof or deck.
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.92:

     Creepers threaded the wrecked windows of the coaches, ancient and chalky brown with their riveted seams and welted coamings like something proofed for descents into the sea.

Translations

Further reading

• coaming on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• camoing

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m??/

Etymology 1

From Middle English cominge, comynge, comande, from Old English cumende, from Proto-Germanic *kwemandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *kweman? (“to come”), equivalent to come +? -ing (present participle ending). Cognate with Dutch komend (“coming”), German kommend (“coming”), Swedish kommande (“coming”), Icelandic komandi (“coming”).

Verb

coming

1. present participle of come

Derived terms

• a long time coming
• have it coming
• see coming

Etymology 2

From Middle English coming, commyng, cumming, equivalent to come +? -ing (gerundive ending).

Noun

coming (plural comings)

1. The act of arriving; an arrival

Derived terms

• aftercoming
• forecoming
• forthcoming
• gaincoming
• second coming

Translations

Adjective

coming (not comparable)

1. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next.
2. Newly in fashion; advancing into maturity or achievement.

3. (obsolete) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.

   • How coming to the poet every muse!

Synonyms

• (of the future): unborn; see also Thesaurus:future

Translations

Derived terms

• coming on
• this coming
• up-and-coming

Anagrams

• gnomic