forlorn
English
/fəˈlɔːn/, /fɔɹˈlɔɹn/
adj
Definitions
- Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
- Miserable, as when lonely after being abandoned.
- Unlikely to succeed; hopeless.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forlorn inherited from Old English forloren inherited from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (lost), *fraleusaną (lose) prefix from English lorn.
Origin
English
lorn
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- forlornity English
- forlornly English
- forlornness English
- lasslorn English
- lorn English
- lornly English
- lornness English
- Verlierer German
- gedankenverloren German
- verlieren German
- verloren German
- verlorengehen German
- weltverloren German
- verliezen Dutch, Flemish
- verloren Dutch, Flemish
- *leu- Proto-Indo-European
- *lewHs- Proto-Indo-European
- *fraleusaną Proto-Germanic
- *fraluzanaz Proto-Germanic
- förlisa Swedish
- lisa Swedish
- forleosan Old English
- forloren Old English
- forlēosan Old English
- forlorennesse Middle English
- forlorn Middle English
- lorn Middle English
- verliesen Middle Dutch
- firliosan Old High German
- verloor Afrikaans
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍃𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *firliosan Old Dutch
- farliesan Old Dutch
- vorliesen Middle Low German
- vorlêsen, vorlisen Middle Low German
- farliosan Old Saxon
- forliasa Old Frisian
- forliāsa Old Frisian