## Etymology
From borrow + -er. Borrow descends from Old English borgian ('to borrow, lend, pledge'), from Proto-Germanic *burgōną ('to take care of'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- ('to take care, protect').

## AI Etymology
Borrower is from borrow + -er. Borrow descends from Old English borgian ('to borrow, lend, pledge'), from Proto-Germanic *burgōną ('to take care of'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- ('to take care, protect'). Important recorded forms include borgian (Old English), *burgōną (Proto-Germanic), and *bʰergʰ- (Proto-Indo-European). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers a person who borrows something, especially money. The wider family includes related words such as borrow and borrowing.

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