besorrow
English
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To sorrow about or over; care about; fill with care or sorrow; make sad.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bisorȝen inherited from Old English besorgian (be anxious about, shrink from, dread, regret) affix from English sorrow.
Origin
English
sorrow
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- oversorrow English
- seeksorrow English
- sorrow English
- sorrow-ridden English
- sorrower English
- sorrowest English
- sorroweth English
- sorrowful English
- sorrowless English
- sorrowly English
- sorrowsome English
- sorrowy English
- Besorgung German
- besorgen German
- sorgen German
- bezorgen Dutch, Flemish
- bezorger Dutch, Flemish
- bezorging Dutch, Flemish
- pleitbezorger Dutch, Flemish
- thuisbezorgen Dutch, Flemish
- zorgen Dutch, Flemish
- besorgian Old English
- sorgian Old English
- bisorȝen Middle English
- sorow Middle English
- besorgen Middle Dutch
- besorgen Middle High German