Etymology

sworn

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Today it means: Given or declared under oath. Full definition →

Middle English sworen ← Old English sworen ← Proto-West Germanic *swaran
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*swarjaną“to swear”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*swaranaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*swaran
  4. Old English · inherited fromsworen
  5. Middle English · inherited fromsworen
  6. English todaysworn

From Middle English sworen, isworen, from Old English sworen, ġesworen, from Proto-West Germanic *swaran, *giswaran, from Proto-Germanic *swaranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *swarjaną (“to swear”), equivalent to swear + -en.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*swarjaną all →

swear

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.