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beget

/bɪˈɡet/bih-GET
/bɪˈɡɛt/bih-GET

Meaningbigitan, to acquire

Common meaning: bring about or father

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAD‘seize, get’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 107, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old Englishbegitan‘bigitan, to acquire’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishbigitensource
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsbigitan, to acquire → bring about or fatherbeget‘bring about or father’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English begitan ‘bigitan, to acquire’.

Roots

  • begitan Old English “bigitan, to acquire”

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