neighbour
English
/ˈneɪbə/, /ˈneɪbɚ/
noun
Definitions
- A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
- One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
- (biblical) A fellow human being.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English neighebor inherited from Old English nēahġebūr (neighbour) inherited from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (neighbour) compound from English nigh + English bower (peasant, farmer)root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰuH-
Gloss
grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bower English
- bower bird English
- bowered English
- bowerland English
- bowerless English
- bowerwoman English
- bowery English
- burly English
- fiat English
- fornigh English
- imbower English
- microneighbourhood English
- neighborred English
- neighboured English
- neighbouress English
- neighboureth English
- neighbourhood English
- neighbourliness English
- neighbourly English
- neighbourship English
- next English
- nigh English
- nighen English
- nigheth English
- nighly English
- nighness English
- nighsome English
- nighwhat English
- physio- English
- probate English
- probation English
- therenigh English
- unneighboured English
- unneighbourly English
- -bo Latin
- -bundus Latin
- adminiculabundus Latin
- aestuabundus Latin
- amorabundus Latin
- fuisset Latin
- futurus Latin
- futūrus Latin
- proba Latin
- probabilis Latin
- probare Latin
- probābilis Latin
- probō Latin
- sum Latin
- Baustelle German
- Gruppennachbar German
- Nachbar German
- Nachbaratom German
- Nachbarelement German
- Nachbarhaus German
- Nachbarjunge German
- Nachbarschaft German
- Nachbarshund German
- Nachbartisch German
- Periodennachbar German
- bugiardino Italian
- fisicamente Italian
- boer Dutch, Flemish
- naburig Dutch, Flemish
- nabuur Dutch, Flemish
- nabuurlijk Dutch, Flemish
- nabuurschap Dutch, Flemish
- φυσική Ancient Greek
- φυσικός Ancient Greek
- φυσκικὴ ἐπιστήμη, φυσικός Ancient Greek
- φυτόν Ancient Greek
- φύσις Ancient Greek
- φύω Ancient Greek
- ἀπόφυσις Ancient Greek
- *-eh₂tos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰeh₂ǵos Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuHyéti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéwH-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰéwHeti, *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁ésti Proto-Indo-European
- *pro- Proto-Indo-European
- *pro-bʰuH-s Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *tri-dʰh₁o- Proto-Indo-European
- h₁n̥dʰi-bʰuH-om, *h₁n̥dʰí Proto-Indo-European
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *buskaz Proto-Germanic
- *buþlą Proto-Germanic
- *bōþō Proto-Germanic
- *būaną Proto-Germanic
- *būraz Proto-Germanic
- *būwijaną Proto-Germanic
- *būwiz Proto-Germanic
- *būą Proto-Germanic
- *nēhwagabūrô Proto-Germanic
- nabo Swedish
- buar Norwegian Nynorsk
- neahgebur Old English
- nēahġebūr Old English
- असंभावित Sanskrit
- असम्भव Sanskrit
- उद्भव Sanskrit
- भवति Sanskrit
- भाव Sanskrit
- भावना Sanskrit
- भावुक Sanskrit
- भू Sanskrit
- संभव Sanskrit
- स्था Sanskrit
- स्वाभाविक Sanskrit
- bour Middle English
- neighebor Middle English
- neygh Middle English
- neȝeburrede Middle English
- bóndi Old Norse
- bú Old Norse
- búa Old Norse
- búandi Old Norse
- búinn Old Norse
- búr Old Norse
- býr Old Norse
- bœr Old Norse
- nábúi Old Norse
- nabo Danish
- *byti Proto-Slavic
- najbara Esperanto
- najbaraĵo Esperanto
- najbareco Esperanto
- najbarejo Esperanto
- najbarino Esperanto
- najbaro Esperanto
- nábúi Icelandic
- भावनात्मक Hindi
- βυζί Greek (modern)
- nabuer Middle Dutch
- buari, bū(w)āri Old High German
- nāhgibūr Old High German
- nāhgibūro Old High German
- at·tá Old Irish
- bí Old Irish
- boer Afrikaans
- nàbaidh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- nábúgvi Faroese
- nāchbūre Middle High German
- Noper Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- bushtër Albanian
- 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- פּויער Yiddish
- *gabūr gmw-pro
- *nāhwagabūrō gmw-pro
- *nēhwagabūrô gmw-pro
- ბუჩქი Georgian
- *butā Proto-Celtic
- *buyeti Proto-Celtic
- nâber Middle Low German
- nābûr Middle Low German
- *bʰúHmiš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- nahbur Old Saxon
- Naachpuur Alemannic German
- *-βuwontnos Proto-Italic
- *fefuai Proto-Italic
- *fuiō Proto-Italic
- neibour Scots
- *nābūr Old Frisian
- Noaber Saterland Frisian
- Naber Low German
- *būmā Proto-Albanian
- *būšta Proto-Albanian
- *bū́ˀtei Proto-Balto-Slavic
- fiat
- nigh
- next
- bower
- burly
- nighen
- nighly
- bowery
- probate
- bowered
- physio-
- nigheth
- imbower
- fornigh
- nighness
- nighsome
- nighwhat
- bowerless
- bowerland
- therenigh
- probation
- bowerwoman
- bower bird
- neighboured
- neighbourly
- neighborred
- neighboureth
- neighbouress
- unneighboured
- neighbourship
- unneighbourly
- neighbourhood
- neighbourliness
- microneighbourhood