princeofhyenas:vlkingdeathmarch:It seems to be true from what I just looked at on Google!console ver
princeofhyenas:vlkingdeathmarch:It seems to be true from what I just looked at on Google!console verified. from etymonline:darling Old Englishdeorling “darling, favorite minion,” double diminutive of deor “dear” (see dear (adj.)). The vowel shift from -e- to -a- (16c.) is usual for -er- followed by a consonant. “It is better to be An olde mans derlyng, than a yong mans werlyng” (1562).minion (n.) c.1500, “a favorite; a darling; a low dependant; one who pleases rather than benefits” [Johnson], from Middle French mignon “a favorite, darling” (n.), also a term of (probably homosexual) abuse;” as an adjective, “dainty, pleasing, favorite,” from Old French mignot “pretty, attractive, dainty, gracious, affectionate,” perhaps of Celtic origin (cf. Old Irish min “tender, soft”), or from Old High German minnja, minna “love, memory” (see mind (n.)). Used 16c.-17c. without disparaging overtones.#*points so hard at Bushy Bagot and Greene entire arm comes out of socket**FLAILS* -- source link