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==English== | |||
===Etymology=== | |||
Old English aournen, anournen, adornen, Old French aorner, from Latin adōrnāre, present active infinitive of adōrnō (“adorn”); from ad + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate. | |||
==External Links== | |||
* [http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/adorn Wiktionary article on Adorn] | |||
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English
Etymology
Old English aournen, anournen, adornen, Old French aorner, from Latin adōrnāre, present active infinitive of adōrnō (“adorn”); from ad + ōrnō (“furnish, embellish”). See adore, ornate.