Where does “said” come from?

Said derives from Middle English seide, from Old English sǣde, whose original meaning remains unknown.

said (English): simple past tense and past participle of say;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of say;...

Ancestry of “said”, step by step

said traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English seide

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishseidepast tense of seyn; past participle of seyn
2Old Englishsǣde—

via Middle English seid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishseid—
2Old Englishsæġde—

via Middle English iseid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishiseid—

Words derived from “said”

Every word from Old English sǣde →Every word from Middle English seide →