forlorn

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 295 words | Copyright

forlorn †morally lost, abandoned XII; †ruined, doomed XIV; forsaken, desolate; pitiable, wretched XVI. pp. of ME. forlēse, OE. forlēosan = OS. far-, forliosan (Du. verliezen), OHG. firliosan (G. verlieren), Goth. fraliusan; Gmc., f. *fer- *fra FOR-1 (1) + *leusan lose.

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