Plain brewed coffee contains almost no calories, while coffee with dairy products, sugar, and other flavorings is much higher in calories. An espresso has 20 calories. A nonfat latte has 72, while a flavored one has 134.
ING
Etymology 1
Noun
ing (plural ings)
(now, only in dialects) A meadow, especially a low meadow near a river; water meadow.
Etymology 2
From Pitman em and en, which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.
Noun
ing (plural ings)
The letter for the ng sound /ŋ/ in Pitman shorthand.
Anagrams
• GNI, IGN, NGI, gin, nig
Source: Wiktionary
-ing.
1. Etym: [For OE. -and, -end, -ind, AS. -ende; akin to Goth. -and-, L. -ant-, -ent-, Gr.
Definition: A suffix used to from present participles; as, singing, playing.
2. Etym: [OE. -ing, AS. -ing, -ung.]
Definition: A suffix used to form nouns from verbs, and signifying the act of; the result of the act; as, riding, dying, feeling. It has also a secondary collective force; as, shipping, clothing.
Note: The Old English ending of the present participle and verbal noun became confused, both becoming -ing.
3. Etym: [AS. -ing.]
Definition: A suffix formerly used to form diminutives; as, lording, farthing.
Ing, n. Etym: [AS. ing.]
Definition: A pasture or meadow; generally one lying low, near a river. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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