Etymology · Proto-Germanic
*beraną
3 English words descend from Proto-Germanic *beraną, most common first.
- bornHaving from birth (or as if from birth) a certain quality or character; innate; inherited.
- bearA large, generally omnivorous mammal (a few species are purely carnivorous or herbivorous) of the family Ursidae; having shaggy fur, a very small tail, and flat feet.
- bearingThat bears (some specified thing).