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English word origin

Etymology of born

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born From Middle English born, boren, borne, i

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Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2

Original entry ↗
adj

Having from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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  • Derivation mention*beranągem-pro · to bear, carry
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  • Cognate mentiongeboorenstq · born
  • Cognate mentionbernefy · born
  • Cognate mentiongeborennl · born
  • Cognate mentiongeborende · born
  • Cognate mentionborensv · born
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Source etymology 1 · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
verb

past participle of bear; given birth to. · past participle of bear in other senses.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-der. Proto-Germanic *buranaz Proto-West Germanic *boran Old English boren, ġeboren Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne English born From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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  • Inherited-form mentionborenang
  • Inherited-form mention*borangmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*buranazgem-pro
  • Derivation mention*beranągem-pro · to bear, carry
  • Word-formation componentbearen
  • Cognate mentiongeboorenstq · born
  • Cognate mentionbernefy · born
  • Cognate mentiongeborennl · born
  • Cognate mentiongeborende · born
  • Cognate mentionborensv · born
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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
verb

Alternative spelling of burn (with fire etc.)

noun

Alternative spelling of burn (a stream)

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Dialectal variant of burn.

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