neighbour

English

/ˈneɪbə/, /ˈneɪbɚ/

noun
Definitions
  • A person living on adjacent or nearby land; a person situated adjacently or nearby; anything (of the same type of thing as the subject) in an adjacent or nearby position.
  • One who is near in sympathy or confidence.
  • (biblical) A fellow human being.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English neighebor inherited from Old English nēahġebūr (neighbour) inherited from Proto-Germanic *nēhwagabūrô (neighbour) compound from English nigh + English bower (peasant, farmer)root from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*bʰuH-

Gloss

grow, become, be, appear, come into being, rise up, exist, thrive, curve, happen, live, bend, swell, dwell, prosper

Concept
Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

曲

Emoji
🌱 💗 🪴

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