Old English
nearu
‘narrow, strait, confined, constricted, not spacious, limited, petty’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Old English nearu.
3 English words in this record descend from Old English nearu, most familiar first.
- narrow ← narow
- narrowly ← narowly ← narwe
- narrowness ← narwenesse ← narwe
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Etymograph / Old English nearu