avourneen
Meanings
noun
- darling, sweetheart
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Irish a mhuirnín (“my darling”, literally “O darling (vocative)”), from Middle Irish múirn, from Proto-Celtic *mori, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- (“to care for”), see also Latin memoria, Ancient Greek μέριμνα (mérimna, “care”).
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