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Origin of narrow
First recorded before 900; Middle English narw(e), nareu(e), narow(e), Old English nearu (inflectional stem nearw- ), cognate with Old Saxon naru “narrow,” Dutch naar “dismal, unpleasant,” Old Saxon naro, naru “narrow, depressing”; possibly akin to German Narbe “scar,” literally, “narrow mark”
OTHER WORDS FROM narrow
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British Dictionary definitions for narrow
narrow
/ (ˈnærəʊ) /
adjective
verb
to make or become narrow; limit; restrict
noun
a narrow place, esp a pass or strait
See also narrows
Derived forms of narrow
narrowly, adverbnarrowness, nounWord Origin for narrow
Old English nearu; related to Old Saxon naru
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