Where does sorrowy come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

sorrowy

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"With rev’rence I approach’d a hoary seer, Who, bending o’er his crutch, seem’d lost in woe, And many a sigh and many a sorrowy tear, Spoke plain as words “Ah! whither can I go?”"

From Middle English sorowy, equivalent to sorrow + -y.

more sorrowy (comparative) most sorrowy (superlative)

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