inborrow
English
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) Security; bail.
- (obsolete) One who gives or offers security for another; a surety.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English inborȝ (bail) inherited from Old English inborh (security in cases of theft, a security required in cases where property had been stolen, bail) prefix from English borrow.
Origin
English
borrow
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Borrowdale English
- borrow English
- borrowability English
- borrowable English
- borrowee English
- borrower English
- borrowest English
- borroweth English
- outborrow English
- overborrow English
- reborrow English
- *burgōną Proto-Germanic
- borgian Old English
- inborh Old English
- borwen Middle English
- inborȝ Middle English