Etymograph

English

emburden

From em- + burden.

Formed from em- + burden

Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- ‘to carry, bear’

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Proto-West Germanic *burþī

Proto-West Germanic *burþini

Old English byrden

Middle English birthene ‘a child carried in the womb’

English burden

Today it means

verb To place a responsibility or hindrance upon; to burden.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / emburden