borrower

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /ˈbɑroʊər/ UK /ˈbɒrəʊə/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
a person who borrows something, especially money

The bank assessed each borrower's credit history.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who borrows... debtormortgagorlessee

Opposites

lender creditor

Word family

Related forms borrow borrowing

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').

borgian Old English *burgōną Proto-Germanic *bʰergʰ- Proto-Indo-European

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Topics

People & Society Personal Finance Word Formation & Derivatives

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# borrower

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈbɑroʊər/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈbɒrəʊə/

## Meanings
1. a person who borrows something, especially money

## Examples
- The bank assessed each borrower's credit history.

## Synonyms
- debtor
- mortgagor
- lessee

## Antonyms
- lender
- creditor

## Related Forms
- borrow
- borrowing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: borgian
- Root: *burgōną
- Root: *bʰergʰ-

## 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.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Personal Finance
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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