Where does “learn” come from?

Learn comes from Middle English lernen, from Old English leornian, from Proto-Germanic liznaną and lizaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leys-.

learn (English): To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an...

Definitions

  1. To acquire, or attempt to acquire knowledge or an...

Ancestry of “learn”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishlernenTo learn acquire knowledge
2Old Englishleornianto learn
3Proto-West Germanic*liʀnōnto learn

Words derived from “learn”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *liʀnōn →Every word from Old English leornian →Every word from Middle English lernen →