d 2 a 1 r 1 l 1 i 1 n 1 g 2
7 letters · 9 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun a special loved one
noun an Australian river; tributary of the Murray River
adjective dearly loved
originThe noun is derived from Middle English dereling, derelyng (“beloved person; beloved of God, devout Christian”), from Old English dīerling, dēorling (“favourite, darling; minion”), from Proto-West Germanic *diuriling, from Proto-Germanic *diurijalingaz, from *diurijaz (“beloved, dear; expensive”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“hot, warm; to burn”), or…
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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