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Where does “gon” come from?

gon (Middle English) comes from Old English gān, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.

gon (Middle English): to go; past participle of gon; Alternative form...

Definitions

  1. to go; past participle of gon; Alternative form...

Ancestry of “gon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgānto go
2Proto-West Germanicgānto go
3Proto-Germanicgānąto go, walk
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰengʰ-to walk; to step

Words derived from “gon”

  • go
  • gone
  • goes
  • bygone
  • goest
  • goner
  • gofer
  • goneness
  • ingo
  • goback
  • goey
  • go-devil
  • get-go
  • git-go
  • go-go
  • go-round
  • go-cart
  • go postal
  • goneski
  • downgone
  • go-to
  • ゴー
  • goon
  • gan
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