English
abear
Abear comes from Old English āberan ‘to bear, carry, carry away’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*uzberaną‘to bear off, bring forth, produce’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150beran‘to bear’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150āberan‘to bear, carry, carry away’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aberen
- Englishearliest quotation 1596abear
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰer-‘to bear, carry’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*uzberaną‘to bear off, bring forth, produce’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150beran‘to bear’
- Old English, derivedc. 450–1150āberan‘to bear, carry, carry away’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500aberen
- Englishearliest quotation 1596abear
Earliest quotation: 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: “So did the Faerie knight himselfe abeare, / And…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to bear, carry’
different, offer, difference, birth, reference, transfer, prefer, bar, broad, relative, suffer, translation, relation, fortune, relate, burden, extraordinary, bread, differ, referendum, frustration, bore, translate, fury, barrel, breeze, referee, fertility, barn, fertile, baron, bark, bearing, broom, phosphate, extravagant, fret, phosphorus, euphoria, defer, 158 more
through Old English beran ‘to bear’
Today it means
verb To put up with; to endure; to bear.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- / abear