talking

Etymology 1

From Middle English talkynge, equivalent to talk + -ing.

noun

1. The action of the verb talk.
   1864–65, Anthony Trollope, Can You Forgive Her? He did not himself care for the loose little talkings, half flat and half sharp, of men when they meet together in idleness.

Etymology 2

From Middle English talkyng, talkynge, equivalent to talk + -ing.

verb

1. present participle and gerund of talk