been
Middle English
/bøːn/, /beːn/
verb
Definitions
- to be
Etymology
Inherited from Old English bēon (be, become) inherited from Proto-Germanic *beuną (be, become, exist, come to be) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewHeti.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*bʰewHeti
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abe English
- albe English
- albeit English
- be English
- be quiet English
- be-er English
- beable English
- bean't English
- beant English
- beest English
- beeth English
- bein English
- beware English
- bewith English
- beïng English
- bist English
- future English
- gonnabe English
- howbeit English
- inter-be English
- maybe English
- might-be English
- sobeit English
- to-be English
- *bʰew- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰewHeti Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European
- *bʰúHt Proto-Indo-European
- *h₁es- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wes- Proto-Indo-European
- *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *bainaz Proto-Germanic
- *beuną Proto-Germanic
- *biumi Proto-Germanic
- *būaną Proto-Germanic
- *wesaną Proto-Germanic
- ban Old English
- beom Old English
- beon Old English
- bist Old English
- bēon Old English
- bēonde Old English
- gebeon Old English
- ætbeon Old English
- ġebēon Old English
- al Middle English
- bain Middle English
- be Middle English
- beende Middle English
- beinge Middle English
- bist Middle English
- enm Middle English
- future Middle English
- it Middle English
- ybe Middle English
- ybeen Middle English
- beinn Old Norse
- úbeinn Old Norse
- bain Old French
- futur Old French
- beinn Icelandic
- *(fe)fūai, *fuiō Proto-Italic
- *ezom Proto-Italic
- be Scots