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English word sorrow comes from Proto-Germanic *swurgō, and later Proto-Germanic *surgō (Worry, care, sorrow.)
*swurgō (Proto-Germanic)
*surgō (Proto-Germanic)
Worry, care, sorrow.
sorg (Old English)
Sorrow.
sorwe (Middle English)
Sorrow.
sorrow (English)
(intransitive) To feel or express grief.. (transitive) To feel grief over; to mourn, regret. (countable) (usually in plural) An instance or cause of unhappiness.. (uncountable) unhappiness, woe.