Etymograph

English

inborrow

Inborrow comes from Middle English inborȝ ‘bail’, and goes back to Old English borg.

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150borg‘a security, pledge, loan, bail’
  2. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150inborh‘bail, security in cases of theft’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inborȝ‘bail’
  4. Englishtodayinborrow

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Englishc. 450–1150borg‘a security, pledge, loan, bail’
  2. Old English, derivedc. 450–1150inborh‘bail, security in cases of theft’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500inborȝ‘bail’
  4. Englishtodayinborrow

Formed from in- + borrow

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰergʰ- ‘to take care’

Proto-Germanic *burgōną ‘to pledge, take care of’

Proto-West Germanic *borgōn ‘to borrow, lend’

Old English borgian ‘to borrow, lend, pledge surety for’

Middle English borwen ‘to borrow money while depositing a security’

English borrow

Every English word from Old English borg

Today it means

noun Security; bail.

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

Etymograph / Old English borg / inborrow

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