Where does “send” come from?
Send comes from Middle English senden, from Old English sendan, from Proto-Germanic sandijaną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sent-, which derives from the root h₁es-.
send (English): To make something go from one place to another;...
Definitions
- To make something go from one place to another;...
Ancestry of “send”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle English | senden | to send |
| 2 | Old English | sendan | to send |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | sandijaną | to send |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “send”