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mourn

/ˈmɔːn/MAWRN
/ˈmɔɹn/MAWRN

Meaningsorrowing

Common meaning: to grieve

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAR or MUR‘rustle, murmur’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 265, p. 739 · scan
  2. Old Englishmurnan‘to grieve’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishmurnensource
  4. Englishmourn‘to grieve’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English murnan ‘sorrowing’.

Roots

  • murnan Old English “sorrowing”

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