born

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   Brought into life by birth (past participle of bear).

   She was born in a small village near the coast.

2. 2
   adj

   Having a quality or talent naturally, from birth.

   He is a born leader who people instinctively follow.

3. 3
   adj

   Existing or coming about as a result of something.

   Their friendship was born of years spent working side by side.

From Middle English born, boren, borne, iborne, from Old English boren, ġeboren, from Proto-West Germanic *boran, *gaboran, from Proto-Germanic *buranaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *beraną (“to bear, carry”), equivalent to bear + -en. Cognate with Saterland Frisian gebooren (“born”), West Frisian berne (“born”), Dutch geboren (“born”), German geboren (“born”), Swedish boren (“born”).

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