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begin

/bɪˈɡɪn/bih-GIN
/bɪˈɡɪn/bih-GIN

Meaningto start

Common meaning: to start

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GHAN‘strike’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 108, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old EnglishbeginnansourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishbeginnensource
  4. Englishbegin‘to start’ · 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.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English beginnan ‘to start’.

Roots

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