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Where does “sēon” come from?

sēon (Old English) comes from Proto-West Germanic sehwan, from Proto-Germanic sehwaną, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

sēon (Old English): to be; to filter; to see, look, behold, perceive,...

Definitions

  1. to be; to filter; to see, look, behold, perceive,...

Ancestry of “sēon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-West Germanicsehwanto see
2Proto-Germanicsehwanąto see
3Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “sēon”

  • seeing
  • seer
  • sightseeing
  • unseeing
  • farseeing
  • unseeingly
  • sightseer
  • seeress
  • seeable
  • seership
  • missee
  • unsee
  • resee
  • outsee
  • farseer
  • nonseeing
  • seeingly
  • insee
  • farsee
  • all-seeingness
  • seest
  • all-seeing
  • must-see
  • undersee
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