-ling
/lɪŋ/suffix
1Forming nouns from nouns (such as hireling, sapling).
2Forming nouns from adjectives and adverbs (such as darling, sibling, underling).
3Forming diminutive words: gosling
3.1Often with depreciatory reference: princeling
Origin
Old English; sense 3 from Old Norse.
- back-to-nature
- back to (or at) square one
- back-to-school
- back to the drawing board
- backtrack
- back-translation
- back up
- backup
- backup light
- backveld
- backvelder
- backward
- backwardation
- backward caste
- backward class
- backward classes
- backward-compatible
- backward difference
- backward integration
- backward-looking
- backwardly
- backwardly compatible
- backward masking
- backwardness
- backward roll