Etymology

mourn

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Today it means: To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death). Full definition →

Middle English mornen ← Old English murnan ← Proto-Germanic *murnaną
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*murnaną
  2. Old English · inherited frommurnan
  3. Middle English · inherited frommornen
  4. English todaymourn

From Middle English mornen, mournen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic *murnaną. Cognate with French morne (“gloomy”).

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