English
sorrysome
From sorry + -some.
Formed from sorry + -some
Proto-Indo-European *seh₂yro ‘hard’
Proto-Germanic *sairagaz ‘sad’
Proto-West Germanic *sairag ‘hurting’
Old English sāriġ ‘feeling or expressing grief’
Middle English sory ‘painful’
English sorry
Today it means
adj —
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “sorrysome”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / sorrysome