worry, verb
circa 1300, wirien, "to slay, kill or injure by biting and shaking the throat"
from Old English wyrgan "to strangle"
from Proto-Germanic *wurgjan
from *wergh-, from PIE root *wer- "to turn, bend"
original sense (from the same source) lives on in Dutch worgen and German würgen "to strangle"
worry, noun
1804, from the verb worry, "anxiety arising from cares and troubles"
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
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