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Where does “beseen” come from?

beseen (English) comes from English besee, from Middle English beseen, from Old English besēon, from Proto-Germanic bisehwaną — to look, besee.

beseen (English): Furnished; arrayed; dressed; equipped;...

Definitions

  1. Furnished; arrayed; dressed; equipped;...

Ancestry of “beseen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbeseeTo look at; see; mind; regard; favour; To look...
2Middle Englishbeseento see, regard, favour
3Old Englishbesēonto see, look, look around, behold, observe, look...
4Proto-Germanicbisehwanąto look, besee

Words derived from “beseen”

  • beseen
  • gaybeseen
  • besene
  • besein
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