Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adv
Dearly; at a high price.
intj
Indicating surprise, pity, or disapproval.
adj
High in price; expensive. · Loved; lovable. · Lovely; kind. · Loving, affectionate, heartfelt
noun
A very kind, loving person. · A beloved person. · An affectionate, familiar term of address, such as used between husband and wife. · An elderly person, especially a woman.
verb
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryTo endear.
From Middle English dere, from Old English dēore, dīere, dīore, dȳre (“of great value or excellence, expensive, beloved”), from Proto-West Germanic *diurī, from Proto-Germanic *diurijaz (“dear, precious; expensive”), probably from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn; hot, warm”). Cognates Cognate with Yola dear (“dear”), Saterland Frisian djuur (“precious, dear, costly, expensive”), Alemannic German tüür (“expensive”), Dutch dier, duur (“expensive”), German teuer (“expensive”), Vilamovian taojer, tojer (“dear”), West Flemish diere (“expensive”), Yiddish טײַער (tayer, “expensive”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dyr (“expensive”), Faroese dýrur (“expensive”), Icelandic dýr (“expensive”), Finnish tyyris (“expensive”), Livonian tõurõz (“dear”), Northern Sami divrras (“expensive”).
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- Inherited-form mentiondereenm
- Inherited-form mentiondēoreang
- Inherited-form mention*diurīgmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*diurijazgem-pro · dear, precious; expensive
- Inherited-form mention*dʰegʷʰ-ine-pro · to burn; hot, warm
- Cognate mentiondearyol · dear
- Cognate mentiondjuurstq · precious, dear, costly, expensive
- Cognate mentiontüürgsw · expensive
- Cognate mentiondiernl
- Cognate mentionteuerde · expensive
- Cognate mentiontaojerwym
- Cognate mentiondierevls · expensive
- Cognate mentionטײַערyi · expensive
- Cognate mentiondýrurfo · expensive
- Cognate mentiondýris · expensive
- Cognate mentiontyyrisfi · expensive
- Cognate mentiontõurõzliv · dear
- Cognate mentiondivrrasse · expensive
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