## Meanings
1. a worried feeling that something may be wrong
2. something that is important to you or affects you
3. care or sympathy for someone
4. a business or company

## Examples
- Let me know if you have any concerns about the plan.
- The safety of the children is our main concern.
- She showed real concern for those less fortunate.
- The factory is now a profitable concern.

## Derived Forms
- concernable
- concernment
- concernworthy
- microconcern
- misconcern
- nonconcern
- overconcern
- unconcernment
- underconcern

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *krey-
- Root: concerner
- Root: concerno
- Root: concernō

## Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).

## AI Etymology
concern is a noun. It was borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”). Historical forms in the chain include *krey- (Proto-Indo-European), concerner (Middle French), concerno (Medieval Latin), and concernō (Latin). Current senses include a worried feeling that something may be wrong, something that is important to you or affects you, and care or sympathy for someone. Derived forms include concernable, concernment, concernworthy, microconcern, and misconcern.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings
- Business & Commerce

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