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English word born comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰébʰrus (Beaver.), Proto-Indo-European *bʰews-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰos-, Proto-Indo-European *bʰosós

*bʰébʰrus (Proto-Indo-European)

Beaver.

*bʰews- (Proto-Indo-European)

dross, sediment, brewer's yeast, dross, sediment

*bʰos- (Proto-Indo-European)

*bʰosós (Proto-Indo-European)

*berô (Proto-Germanic)

Bear.

*bʰéreti (Proto-Indo-European)

To be carrying.

*beuzą (Proto-Germanic)

Beer.

*beraną (Proto-Germanic)

To carry, to bear.

bera (Old English)

Bear.

bēor (Old English)

*bazaz (Proto-Germanic)

Bare, naked.

*bērō (Proto-Germanic)

That which bears or carries; stretcher, bier.

beran (Old English)

To bear, carry. To bring forth, produce, give birth. To sustain, support. To wear.

beren (Middle English)

ber (Old English)

Bier; a litter to transport dead people.

bere (Middle English)

Bear.

bear (English)

(colloquial) Something difficult or tiresome; a burden or chore. (cartomancy) The fifteenth Lenormand card.. (engineering) A portable punching machine.. (figuratively) A rough, unmannerly, uncouth person. [1579]. (finance) An investor who sells commodities, securities, or futures in anticipation of a fall in prices. [1744]. (nautical) A block covered with coarse matting, used to scour the [...]

born (English)

(obsolete) in other senses.. ; given birth to. Well suited to (some behaviour or occupation), as though from birth.

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