Source etymology 1 · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗particle
OK(?); used at the end of a question when seeking approval or acknowledgment.
intj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryOK, sure; indicates approval or acknowledgment. · Used to convey reassurance.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-né- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥néh₃ti Proto-Germanic *kunnaną Proto-West Germanic *kunnan Old English cunnan Middle English can English can From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.
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