yearning

Pronunciation: /ˈjɝnɪŋ/

The English word “yearning” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

A wistful or melancholy longing.
Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).

Etymology

From Middle English yerning, from Old English ġierning, ġierninge. Equivalent to the gerund (yearn + -ing). yearn comes from Proto-West Germanic *girnijan, from Proto-Germanic *girnijaną, from *gernaz (“eager, willing”) + *-janą, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰer- (“to yearn for”). By surface analysis, yearn + -ing.

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yearner
yearnful
yearnfully
yearnfulness
yearningly
yearningness
yearnsome
yearny

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