thing

Forms

1.That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us..
2.A word, symbol, sign, or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- What made Tom do such a thing?
- I found the very thing you had been looking for.
- Only Tom would have the guts to do that kind of thing.
3.An individual object or distinct entity.
- What made Tom do such a thing?
- I found the very thing you had been looking for.
- Only Tom would have the guts to do that kind of thing.
4.Whatever can be owned.
- What made Tom do such a thing?
- I found the very thing you had been looking for.
- Only Tom would have the guts to do that kind of thing.

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Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *tenk-?

Proto-Indo-European *tenkóm

Proto-Germanic *þingą

Proto-West Germanic *þing

Old English þing

Middle English thing

English thing

From Middle English thing, from Old English þing, from Proto-West Germanic *þing, from Proto-Germanic *þingą.