Where does “mourneress” come from?

mourneress (English) comes from English mourner, from English mourn, from Middle English mornen, from Old English murnan, from Proto-Germanic murnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer- — to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

mourneress (English): A female mourner

Definitions

  1. A female mourner

Ancestry of “mourneress”, step by step

mourneress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mourner

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmournerSomeone filled with or expressing grief or...
2EnglishmournTo express sadness or sorrow for; to grieve over;...
3Middle EnglishmornenTo grieve; to feel sad or upset
4Old Englishmurnanto care for, worry about; to be sorrowful, to...
5Proto-Germanicmurnanąto feel sorrow or grief; to mourn
6Proto-Indo-European(s)mer-to fall into thinking, remember, care for; to...

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)mer-Every word from Proto-Germanic murnanąEvery word from Old English murnan
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