Take the verb find and add -ing, and you get a name for the thing left in your hands when the looking stops. Someone searched — through , through evidence — and this is what came out of the search. That is why the word keeps turning up wherever a careful process has to end in something people can point at and quote.
From the word’s history
The packet's Wiktionary entry gives it as find + -ing, from Middle English fyndyng and Old English findincge — literally the thing found.
本卷證據說 finding 等於 find 加上 -ing，可以往回追到中古英語 fyndyng、古英語 findincge。字面就是「被找到的那個東西」，這條線在今天的用法裡還看得見。
Wiktionary entry supplied in this packet (kaikki:3f6f69a190036ae4:1084005973): 'From Middle English fyndyng, Old English findincge; equivalent to find + -ing.'
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原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
findingnoun/ˈfaɪndɪŋ/
- 1
A result of research or an investigation.
- 2
lawA formal conclusion by a judge, jury or regulatory agency on issues of fact.
- 3
That which is found, a find, a discovery.
- 4
The act of discovering something by chance, an instance of finding something by chance.
- 5
Tools or materials used in shoe making or repair.
- Boot and Shoe Findings and Leather Establishments[…] Yocum & Wilson, 225 n 2d st, Shoe Findings, Leather, Last, and Shoe Peg Warehouse
- 6
jewelrylifestyleA self-contained component of assembled jewellery.
- They manufacture jewlers’ findings, morocco, plush and velvet jewelry cases, paper boxes, morocco boxes, jewelry cards, tags, etc.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。