earn
English
/ɜːn/, /ɝn/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
- (transitive) To receive payment for work.
- (intransitive) To receive payment for work.
- (transitive) To cause (someone) to receive payment or reward.
- (transitive) To achieve by being worthy of.
Etymology
Inherited from Old English earnian (merit, strive after, deserve as the reward of labor, win, labor for, earn) inherited from *aznōną derived from Proto-Germanic *aznō (harvest, summer, labour).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*aznō
Gloss
harvest, summer, labour
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
夏
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- earnable English
- earner English
- earneth English
- earnful English
- earnout English
- earnt English
- nonearner English
- out English
- outearn English
- reearn English
- underearn English
- underearner English
- unearn English
- unearnable English
- unearnt English
- ὀπωρινός Ancient Greek
- ὀπώρα Ancient Greek
- *(s)h₁ósr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *aznō Proto-Germanic
- *aznōną Proto-Germanic
- earnian Old English
- arnen Middle High German
- אַרן Yiddish
- *aznōną gmw-pro
- arn Old Frisian
- Aaden Saterland Frisian