blackshirt5
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The only angel I've ever known was named Holly Dubin.

The singular -EL is an ancient word with a long and complex etymological history which has a common origin with many other ancient words in other languages.
Sumerian EL "brightness" or "shining"
Akkadian ILU "radiant one"
Babylonian ELLU "the shining one"
Old Welsh ELLU "a shining being"
Old Irish AILLIL "shining"
English ELF "shining being"
Anglo-Saxon AELF "radiant being"