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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.

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