Etymology

newborn

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English born ← Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne ← Old English boren, ġeboren
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*nu
  2. Proto-Indo-European*néwos
  3. Proto-Germanic*niwjaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*niwi
  5. Old Englishnīewe
  6. Middle Englishnewe
  7. Englishnew
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰer-
  9. Proto-Germanic*buranaz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*boran
  11. Old Englishboren, ġeboren
  12. Middle Englishborn, boren, borne, iborne
  13. Englishborn
  14. English todaynewborn

From new + born.

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