Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗intj
Expresses that a task has been completed. · Expresses agreement to and conclusion of a proposal, a set of terms, a sale, a request, etc.
verb
past participle of do · simple past of do; did. · Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.
adj
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryHaving completed or finished an activity. · Completed or finished. · Ready, fully cooked. · Being exhausted, used up, or fully spent.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Proto-Germanic *dōną Proto-West Germanic *dōn Old English dōn Middle English don English done From Middle English don, idon, ydon, ȝedon, gedon, from Old English dōn, ġedōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dān, from Proto-Germanic *dēnaz (past participle of *dōną (“to do”)). Equivalent to do + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Scots dune, deen, dene, dane (“done”), Saterland Frisian däin (“done”), West Frisian dien (“done”), Dutch gedaan (“done”), German Low German daan (“done”), German getan (“done”). More at do.
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