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-borne

-borne suffix: carried or spread by.

Suffix

-borne

  1. carried or spread by
    • air + -borne → airborne (“carried or spread by the air”)

Origin of -borne

From borne, past participle of bear.

Questions about -borne

What does -borne mean?
-borne means carried or spread by.
What part of speech is -borne?
-borne is a suffix.

Words near -borne in the dictionary

  1. -blast
  2. -blastic
  3. -bloody-
  4. -blr
  5. -boo
  6. -borne
  7. -boro
  8. -borough
  9. -bot
  10. -bots
  11. -bound

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