be
Middle English
verb
Definitions
- (alternative form of) been
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bēon (be, become).
Origin
Old English
bēon
Gloss
be, become
Concept
Semantic Field
Miscellaneous function words
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- albeit English
- bequest English
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- bēon Old English
- gebeon Old English
- ætbeon Old English
- ġebēon Old English
- al Middle English
- been Middle English
- biqueste Middle English
- enm Middle English
- it Middle English
- ybe Middle English
- ybeen Middle English
- be Scots
- been Scots