Meanings
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noun
A piece of jewellery that you wear on your ear.
She wore a pair of gold earrings to the party.
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earrings
Etymology
From Middle English erering, from Old English ēarhring (“ear-ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *auʀahring, equivalent to ear + ring. Cognate with West Frisian earring (“earring”), Dutch oorring (“earring”), German Low German Ohrring (“earring”), German Ohrring (“earring”), Danish ørering (“earring”), Swedish örring (“earring”).
*h₂ew-
Proto-Indo-European
erering
Middle English
ēarhring
Old English
*auʀahring
Proto-West Germanic
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