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Message de ashkana posté le 15-05-2005 à 15:19:57 (S | E | F | I)
I noticed that to mark the belonging to a group the suffix -ling is currently used ( like in halflings or younglings).
May someone tell me where this suffix comes from.
Thanks
Message de ashkana posté le 15-05-2005 à 15:19:57 (S | E | F | I)
I noticed that to mark the belonging to a group the suffix -ling is currently used ( like in halflings or younglings).
May someone tell me where this suffix comes from.
Thanks
Réponse: suffix de ruofei, postée le 16-05-2005 à 01:19:25 (S | E)
Hello ashkana,
here's what I found:
suffix -ling
1) one connected with or resembling (ex: hatchling)
2) small one (ex: youngling, princeling, spiderling)
N.B: 'halfling' is another nam for 'hobbit' (JRR Tolkien). They look like humans but they're smaller (in fact, half their size...hence "halfling"
)Have a nice day!
Réponse: suffix de ashkana, postée le 16-05-2005 à 13:31:35 (S | E)
Thanks for the answer.
Have a nice day too.
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