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English word origin

Etymology of lorn

From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (past participle of lese, lesen (“to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition”)), from Old English *loren, *ġeloren, from Proto-Germanic *galuzanaz, *luzanaz, past p

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Unnumbered source etymology

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adj

Doomed; lost. · Abandoned, forlorn, lonely.

verb

past participle of lese.

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

From Middle English lorn, loren, ilorn, iloren (past participle of lese, lesen (“to lose, be deprived of; to damn, doom to perdition”)), from Old English *loren, *ġeloren, from Proto-Germanic *galuzanaz, *luzanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *leusaną (“to lose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (“to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose”). See further at lese.

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  • Root classification mention*lewh₁-ine-pro
  • Inherited-form mentionlornenm
  • Inherited-form mention*lorenang
  • Inherited-form mention*galuzanazgem-pro
  • Derivation mention*leusanągem-pro · to lose
  • Derivation mention*lewH-ine-pro · to cut, sever; to separate; to loosen; to lose
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