Past participle of 'bear,' from PIE *bʰer- (to carry) — birth from carrying; the spelling split from 'borne' only in the 18th century.
Having come into existence through birth; brought into life.
From Old English 'boren,' past participle of 'beran' (to carry, to bear, to give birth), from Proto-Germanic *beraną (to carry, to bear), from PIE *bʰer- (to carry, to bear). This root is one of the most prolific in Indo-European, producing Latin 'ferre' (to carry), Greek 'phérein' (φέρειν, to bear), and Sanskrit 'bhárati' (he carries). The semantic shift from 'carry' to 'give birth
The spelling distinction between 'born' and 'borne' was artificially created in the 18th century. Before that, both senses of 'bear' — giving birth and carrying — used the same past participle 'borne.' Grammarians decided that 'born' (without the 'e') should be reserved for the birth sense, creating one of English's few spelling distinctions that was deliberately invented