concern

English

/kənˈsɝn/, /kənˈsɜːn/

noun
Definitions
  • That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.
  • The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
  • A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
  • (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concerner derived from Latin concernere, concerno, concernō, concernō (as in a sieve, or mingle together, I mix, sift) root from Proto-Indo-European *krey- (separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*krey-

Gloss

separate, seive, divide, touch, strip, sieve, sift, graze, split, I separate, shake, streak, pick out, I move, part

Concept
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Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

分

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