bego
English
verb
Definitions
- (archaic) To go about; encompass; surround; beset, surround with hostile intent; to overrun.
- (obsolete) To clothe, dress.
- (obsolete) To affect, usually as a good or bad influence, or as a circumstance.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English begon inherited from Old English begān (beset, honor, do, cultivate, practice, traverse, attend to, go over, be diligent about, go to, visit, occupy, overrun, surround, profess, worship, come by, engage in, care for, fall into, perform, inhabit, get to, serve) derived from Proto-Germanic *bi (near, by, around, about, be-) prefix from English go.
Origin
English
go
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- atgo English
- forego English
- forgo English
- forthgo English
- get-go English
- git-go English
- go English
- go at it English
- go forth English
- go pedal English
- go-cart English
- go-devil English
- go-to English
- goand English
- goback English
- goer English
- goest English
- goeth English
- goey English
- gofer English
- going English
- ingo English
- misgo English
- ongo English
- outgo English
- overgo English
- snowgo English
- thoroughgo English
- togo English
- umbego English
- undergo English
- withgo English
- Begehung German
- begehbar German
- begehen German
- gehen German
- begaan Dutch, Flemish
- begaanbaar Dutch, Flemish
- gaan Dutch, Flemish
- *bʰendʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁epi Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂m̥bʰi Proto-Indo-European
- *bi Proto-Germanic
- *bi- Proto-Germanic
- ゴー Japanese
- begān Old English
- behǣs Old English
- bi Old English
- bufan Old English
- bī Old English
- begon Middle English
- gon Middle English
- umbegon Middle English
- begaen Middle Dutch
- bi Old High German
- bī Old High German
- 𐌱𐌹 Gothic
- *bī gmw-pro
- bi Old Dutch
- bī Old Dutch
- bi Old Saxon
- bī Old Saxon
- *obbunni Frankish
- go Tok Pisin
- go Sranan Tongo
- go Pijin
- gokabaut Samoan Plantation Pidgin