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English word done comes from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-, and later Proto-Indo-European *dʰéh₁t (To do. To put, to place.)
*dʰeh₁- (Proto-Indo-European)
*dʰéh₁t (Proto-Indo-European)
To do. To put, to place.
*dʰédʰeh₁ti (Proto-Indo-European)
To be doing. To be putting, placing.
*dōną (Proto-Germanic)
To do, make. To put, place.
*dōnaz (Proto-Germanic)
don (Old English)
To do. To make, cause.
ġedōn (Old English)
ȝedon (Middle English)
done (English)
(African American Vernacular English, Southern American English, auxiliary verb, taking a past tense) Used in forming the perfective aspect; have.. (obsolete) plural simple present form of do (of food) Ready, fully cooked.. Being exhausted or fully spent.. Fashionable, socially acceptable, tasteful.. Having completed or finished an activity.. Without hope or prospect of completion or success.