Etymology

rin

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Today it means: To run. Full definition →

Middle English rinnen ← Old English rinnan ← Proto-Germanic *rinnaną
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rin · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rinnaną“to run”
  2. Old English · inherited fromrinnan“to run”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromrinnen
  4. English todayrin

From Middle English rinnen, from Old English rinnan (“to run”), from Proto-Germanic *rinnaną (“to run”). More at run.

rin · noun2

Borrowed from Japanese 厘(りん) (rin).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishrinnan all →

runearnyearn

Proto-Germanic*rinnaną all →

runearnyearning

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.