Etymology

sadden

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Today it means: To make sad or unhappy. Full definition →

Middle English saddenen
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsaddenen
  2. English todaysadden

From Middle English saddenen, equivalent to sad + -en.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.