Origins of the Goins Surname. It is quite possible for two people with the Goins last name to have been given that surname for entirely different reasons.
â¢ INVENTORYING (noun). The noun INVENTORYING has 1 sense: 1. making an itemized list of merchandise or supplies on hand. Familiarity information: INVENTORYING used as a noun is very rare.
Word Origin & History. empty O.E. Ã¦mettig at leisure, not occupied, unmarried, from Ã¦metta leisure, from Ã¦ not + -metta, from motan to have (see might). The -p- is a euphonic insertion. Sense evolution from at leisure to empty is paralleled in several languages, cf. The adj. adeios must have been applied first to persons who enjoyed freedom from duties, leisure, and so were unoccupied, whence it was extended to objects that were unoccupied [Buck].