CUTTING

(origin: Saxon.) Cuth, well known, famous; and ing, equivalent to the Latin ens, expressing the existence of the quality or action of the word to which it is affixed; or Cuthing, the son of Cuth. Ing, inge, or inger, in most of the Teutonic languages, denotes offspring, a descendant.

Arthur, William (1857) An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names. New York: Sheldon, Blakeman. Public Domain.