Etymology

inborrow

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Today it means: Security; bail. Full definition →

Middle English inborȝ ← Old English inborh
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  1. Old English · inherited frominborh“bail, security in cases of theft, a security required in cases where property had been stolen”
  2. Middle English · inherited frominborȝ“bail”
  3. English todayinborrow

From Middle English inborȝ (“bail”), from Old English inborh (“bail, security in cases of theft, a security required in cases where property had been stolen”), from in- + borh, borg (“a security, pledge, loan, bail; payment”), equivalent to in- + borrow. Related to Old English borgian (“to borrow; lend; be surety for”). More at borrow.

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