Earnest

Morpheme

Earnest

Type

free base

Denotation

money paid in advance as a deposit, pledge, guarantee

Etymology

Middle English ernes, erness; Old French erres; Latin arra

Evidence

earnest, earnests

Notes

unetymological <t> likely influenced by earnest

See Also

Earnest

Homographs

Earnest

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