earthling

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɜːθlɪŋ/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɝθlɪŋ/ Hyphenation: earth‧ling === Etymology 1 === From Middle English erthling (“farmer, ploughman”) [and other forms] (in glossaries), from Old English ierþling, eorþling (“farmer, husbandman, ploughman”) [and other forms], from eorþe (“ground; dirt; planet Earth”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁er- (“earth”)) + -ling (suffix forming personal nouns). The English word is analysable as earth +‎ -ling. ==== Noun ==== earthling (plural earthlings) (obsolete except historical) One who tills the earth; a farmer, a husbandman, a ploughman. === Etymology 2 === See Earthling. ==== Noun ==== earthling (plural earthlings) Alternative letter-case form of Earthling. === References === === Anagrams === lathering, relathing, haltering, real thing, heartling