bist
English
verb
Definitions
- (UK) Originally used to form the second person singular of be (be), but can denote other present tense forms, such as: are, am, is
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bist inherited from Old English bist inherited from Proto-Germanic *biusi (art) suffix from English be (about, on, around, all over, upon, over, at, away, off, across, concerning, completely, thoroughly, onto, by, unto, excessively, intensifier, fully, all about, out, extensively).
Origin
English
be
Gloss
about, on, around, all over, upon, over, at, away, off, across, concerning, completely, thoroughly, onto, by, unto, excessively, intensifier, fully, all about, out, extensively
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Cognates and derived terms
- abe English
- albe English
- be English
- be quiet English
- be-er English
- beable English
- bean't English
- beant English
- beest English
- beeth English
- beware English
- bewith English
- beïng English
- gonnabe English
- howbeit English
- inter-be English
- maybe English
- might-be English
- sobeit English
- to-be English
- bēstia Latin
- bist German
- *biusi Proto-Germanic
- bist Old English
- been Middle English
- bist Middle English
- bist Old High German
- bist Western Frisian
- leavehearsbistke Western Frisian