Old English þing "meeting, assembly, council, discussion"
later "entity, being, matter" and "act, deed, event, material object, body, being, creature"
from Proto-Germanic *thinga- "assembly"
late 13th century: of persons, often pityingly
circa 1300: things as in "personal possessions"
Many of the entries could be marked by ☣. In its contemporary usage, thing has so many meanings, that the offered group of synonyms (from the same dictionary as the stated definitions) results in a colorful jumble! Here are just a few examples:
baby • being • bird • body • character • cookie • creature • customer • devil • egg • human • individual • life • party • soul • stiff
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |