Bor(e) [Bore, Bor]

Morpheme

Bor(e) [Bore, Bor]

Type

free base

Denotation

simple past of Bear

Etymology

Middle English bore, born, boren, bar, ber, from beren; Old English boren, bær, from beran

Evidence

bore, born, borne, earthborn, firstborn, freeborn, hellborn, highborn, homeborn, lastborn, middleborn, misbore, misborne, newborn, nextborn, onlyborn, reborn, seaborn, secondborn, stillborn, thirdborn, twinborn, unborn

Notes

<Bor(e) + -n> and <Bor(e) + -ne> are homophones

See Also

Bear

Homographs

Bore, Bore, Bore, Bore