mourn
English
/mɔɹn/, /mʊɹn/, /mɔːn/, /mʊən/, /mo(ː)ɹn/, /mʊɹn/, /moən/, /mʊən/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over (especially a death).
- (transitive) To utter in a sorrowful manner.
- (intransitive) To wear mourning.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mornen inherited from Old English murnan (mourn).
Origin
Old English
murnan
Gloss
mourn
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemourn English
- mourner English
- mournest English
- mourneth English
- mournful English
- mournfuller English
- mournfully English
- mournfulness English
- mournsome English
- unmournful English
- morne French
- mornement French
- *murnaną Proto-Germanic
- bemurnan Old English
- murnan Old English
- bemornen Middle English
- mornen Middle English
- morne Middle French
- 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic