Meaning

noun something that interests you because it is important or affects you

noun an anxious feeling

noun a feeling of sympathy for someone or something

originBorrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concernō, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concernō (“to mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cernō (“distinguish”).

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