Couriering

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Performing the role of delivering messages or packages from one person to another
2. Carrying letters, documents, or small items between locations as a designated runner
3. Serving as a messenger tasked with transporting important information or goods directly

Etymology: "Couriering" is simply the -ing form of "courier" used as a verb, so the story belongs to the base word. That base word comes from two routes that met in English. One is Middle English "corour" or "currour", drawn from Old French "coreor", a runner, which itself came from the Old French verb "corir", meaning "to run". The other is Middle English "courier", borrowed from Middle French "courrier", which took it from Italian "corriere", a runner or messenger. The root sense is plainly movement on foot or horseback, and the word's core meaning of a fast carrier of news stayed close to it.

Synonyms: messaging, delivering