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English word origin

Etymology of -en

From Middle English -n, -en, past participle ending of strong verbs (compare Middle English take(n), took, taken (“take, took, taken”)), from Old English -en and Old Norse -inn, past participle ending of strong verbs (co

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
suffix

Denotes the past participle form when attached to a verb. · Denotes a quasi-past participle or participle-like adjective when attached to a noun or verb.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English -n, -en, past participle ending of strong verbs (compare Middle English take(n), took, taken (“take, took, taken”)), from Old English -en and Old Norse -inn, past participle ending of strong verbs (compare Old Norse taka, tók, tekinn (“take, took, taken”)), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *-inaz, a variant of *-anaz. In Middle English, the suffix was often weakened to -e or disappeared (compare Southern Middle English do(n), dud(e), ydo (“do, did, done”)), but not in others (compare cume(n), com, ycume (“come, came, come”)), from Proto-Germanic *-anaz, from Proto-Indo-European *-nós.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
suffix

Used to denote the plural form of a small number of English nouns, the majority of whose etymologies go back to the n-stem (i.e. weak noun) declension of Germanic languages. · Used to form the plural of nouns.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English -en, -n, the plural suffix of weak nouns (n-stems), from Old English -an, from Proto-West Germanic *-an m, *-ōn f or n, from Proto-Germanic *-an- m, *-ōn- f or n, from Proto-Indo-European *-on-, o-grade form of the n-stem suffix. Reinforced by the early Middle English dative plural ending -en, from late Old English -an, weakened form of earlier -um.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mention-enenm
  • Inherited-form mention-anang
  • Inherited-form mention*-angmw-pro
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Source etymology 3

Original entry ↗
suffix

When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). Usually, the verb is ergative, sometimes not. The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, strengthen, in which case the verb means roughly, "to give (noun) to", or "to become like (noun)".

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-West Germanic *-inōn Old English -nian Middle English -enen /-nen English -en From Middle English -(e)nen, from Old English -nian, from Proto-West Germanic *-inōn, from Proto-Germanic *-inōną. Cognate with Saterland Frisian -enje, West Frisian -enje, Danish -ne, Swedish -na, Icelandic -na.

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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

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  • Inherited-form mention-nianang
  • Inherited-form mention*-inōngmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*-inōnągem-pro
  • Cognate mention-enjestq
  • Cognate mention-enjefy
  • Cognate mention-neda
  • Cognate mention-nasv
  • Cognate mention-nais
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Source etymology 4

Original entry ↗
suffix

Pertaining to, having the qualities of, resembling, or like. · When attached to certain nouns that are the names of a material, it forms an adjective whose meaning is, made of (noun).

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-West Germanic *-īn Old English -en Middle English -en English -en From Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from Proto-West Germanic *-īn, from Proto-Germanic *-īnaz; suffix meaning "made of, consisting of, having the qualities of" applied to nouns to form adjectives. Akin to Dutch -en, German -en, Icelandic -inn, Latin -īnus. See -ine.

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  • Inherited-form mention-enang
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  • Inherited-form mention*-īnazgem-pro
  • Cognate mention-ennl
  • Cognate mention-ende
  • Cognate mention-innis
  • Cognate mention-īnusla
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Source etymology 5

Original entry ↗
suffix

Used to form the diminutives of certain nouns.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English -en, from Old English -en, from the neuter form of -en (“pertaining to”, adjective-forming suffix).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mention-enenm
  • Inherited-form mention-enang
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Source etymology 6

Original entry ↗
suffix

Denotes a female form of a few nouns.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English -ene, -en, from Old English -en, from Proto-West Germanic *-ini, from Proto-Germanic *-inī.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mention-eneenm
  • Inherited-form mention-enang
  • Inherited-form mention*-inigmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*-inīgem-pro
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Source etymology 7

Original entry ↗
suffix

Used to form the infinitive of verbs.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English -en, from Old English -an, from Proto-West Germanic *-an, from Proto-Germanic *-aną. Compare -y (intransitive infinitive ending).

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mention-enenm
  • Derivation mention-anang
  • Inherited-form mention*-angmw-pro
  • Inherited-form mention*-anągem-pro
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Source etymology 8

Original entry ↗
suffix

Used to form the plural present tense of verbs. · Used to form the plural past tense of verbs.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From Middle English -en, from Old English -on and -en, the indicative and subjunctive past tense plural endings of verbs.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Inherited-form mention-enenm
  • Derivation mention-onang
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Source etymology 9

Original entry ↗
suffix

Indicates the presence of a carbon-carbon double bond.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

From French -ène.

Relationships mentioned by the source

These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.

  • Derivation mention-ènefr
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