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BNC: 16771 COCA: 30960

See also: -ling

BNC: 16771 COCA: 30960

ling

1 of 4

noun (1)

1
: any of various fishes (such as a hake or burbot) of the cod family
2

ling

2 of 4

noun (2)

: a heath plant
especially : a common Old World heather (Calluna vulgaris)

-ling

3 of 4

noun suffix

1
: one connected with or having the quality of
hireling
2
: young, small, or inferior one
duckling

-ling

4 of 4

adverb suffix

variants or -lings
: in (such) a direction or manner
sideling
flatling

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English; akin to Dutch leng ling, Old English lang long

Noun (2)

Middle English, from Old Norse lyng

Noun suffix

Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old English -ing

Adverb suffix

Middle English -ling (from Old English), -linges (from -ling + -es -s); akin to Old High German -lingūn -ling, Old English lang long

First Known Use

Noun (1)

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Noun (2)

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of ling was in the 13th century
BNC: 16771 COCA: 30960

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