Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work. · To receive payment for work or for a role or position held (regardless of whether effort was applied or whether the remuneration is deserved or commensurate). · To receive payment for work. · To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
From Middle English ernen, from Old English earnian, from Proto-West Germanic *aʀanōn, from Proto-Germanic *azanōną. This verb is denominal from the noun *azaniz (“harvest”).
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