Where does “bewritten” come from?
bewritten (English) comes from English written, from English write, from Middle English writen, from Old English wrītan, from Proto-West Germanic wrītan, from Proto-Germanic wrītaną, from Proto-Indo-European wēr-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
bewritten (English): Written about; depicted; portrayed; described;...
Definitions
- Written about; depicted; portrayed; described;...
Ancestry of “bewritten”, step by step
bewritten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English written
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | written | Of, relating, or characteristic of writing;... |
| 2 | English | write | To form letters, words or symbols on a surface in... |
| 3 | Middle English | writen | To write draw letters on paper to form words; note the following common specialised senses |
| 4 | Old English | wrītan | to incise, engrave; to scratch, carve, write; to... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wrītan | to scratch, to carve |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | wrītaną | to scratch, carve; to engrave, inscribe, write |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via English Be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Be | As an auxiliary verb |
| 2 | Middle English | be | Alternative form of been; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | bēo | I become, I will be, I am; bee |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | biumi | first-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *beuną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |