sorry
English
/ˈsɔɹi/, /ˈsɒɹi/, /ˈsɑɹi/
adj
Definitions
- (of a person) Regretful for an action; grieved or saddened, especially by the loss of something or someone.
- Poor, pitifully sad or regrettable.
- Pathetic and inferior to the point of causing others disgust.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English sory inherited from Old English sāriġ (mournful, feeling expressing grief, bitter, sorrowful, sorry, grieved, sad) inherited from Proto-Germanic *sairagaz (sad) derived from Proto-Indo-European *sayǝw- (rough, painful, hard) suffix from English sore (reddish-brown).
Origin
English
sore
Gloss
reddish-brown
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bedsore English
- cold sore English
- earsore English
- eyesore English
- footsore English
- fucksore English
- heartsore English
- humpsore English
- mouthsore English
- saddlesore English
- sorance English
- sore English
- sorehead English
- soreheaded English
- sorely English
- soreness English
- soring English
- sorrily English
- sorriness English
- sorryful English
- sorryish English
- supersorry English
- unsorry English
- sori Finnish
- sorry Dutch, Flemish
- sorrycultuur Dutch, Flemish
- сори Russian
- сорри Russian
- sorry Spanish, Castilian
- *sayǝw- Proto-Indo-European
- *sairagaz Proto-Germanic
- sorry Swedish
- sorry Polish
- sarig Old English
- sāriġ Old English
- sor Middle English
- sore Middle English
- sorinesse Middle English
- sory Middle English
- soryly Middle English
- sorry Czech
- sori Serbo-Croatian
- सॉरी Hindi
- ဆောရီး Burmese
- sērich Old Frisian
- soa Tok Pisin
- sori Tok Pisin
- sua Tok Pisin
- Seer Saterland Frisian
- seerich Saterland Frisian
- sori Mauritian Creole
- soro Sranan Tongo