beget
English
/biˈɡɛt/
verb
Definitions
- To father; to sire; to produce (a child).
- To cause; to produce.
- To bring forth.
- (UK) To happen to; befall.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English begeten derived from Old English beġietan (attain, acquire, beget, seize, receive, happen, take, find, get) derived from Proto-Germanic *bigetaną (find, beget, acquire, discover, seize) prefix from English get root from Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- (seize, take, grasp, hold).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gʰed-
Gloss
seize, take, grasp, hold
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- begetter English
- begettest English
- begetteth English
- emprise English
- forget English
- get English
- get-go English
- get-nothing English
- getcha English
- gettable English
- getter English
- gettest English
- getteth English
- getup English
- misapprehend English
- misapprehension English
- misbeget English
- misget English
- overget English
- rebeget English
- reget English
- reprehend English
- unbeget English
- underget English
- unget English
- -ilis Latin
- apprehendere Latin
- apprehendo Latin
- apprehensionis, apprehensio Latin
- comprehendere Latin
- comprehendo Latin
- comprehensiō Latin
- hedera Latin
- praeda Latin
- praeda, praedam Latin
- prehendo Latin
- prehensio Latin
- prehensionis, prehensio Latin
- prehensiōnem Latin
- prendere Latin
- reprehensionis, reprehensio Latin
- жуть Russian
- χανδάνω Ancient Greek
- *gʰed- Proto-Indo-European
- *bigetaną Proto-Germanic
- *getaną Proto-Germanic
- ゲット Japanese
- begietan Old English
- beġietan Old English
- begeten Middle English
- geten Middle English
- reprise Old French
- เก็ต Thai
- entreprise Middle French
- repris Middle French
- 𐌱𐌹𐌲𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *fragetan gmw-pro
- *bigetan Old Dutch
- *gendis Proto-Celtic
- bigetan Old Saxon
- getan Old Saxon