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Old English · adjective

deadboren

Normalised dēadboren

Part of speech
adjective
IPA
/ˈdæ͜ɑːdˌbo.ren/
Syllables
ˈdæ͜ɑːd · ˌbo · ren (3 syllables)
Modern English
stillborndeadborn

All forms (10)

Etymology

Could date back to Proto-West Germanic *daudaburan. Cognate with Dutch doodgeboren and German totgeboren, though because they have -ge- the correspondence isn't exact. Equivalent to dēad (“dead”) + boren (“born”).

Descendants

deadborn

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