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English word find comes from Proto-Indo-European *pontHo-, Proto-Indo-European *(s)prey-, Proto-Germanic *sprīþaną (To break up, become scattered.)

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*pontHo- (Proto-Indo-European)

*(s)prey- (Proto-Indo-European)

*sprīþaną (Proto-Germanic)

To break up, become scattered.

*finþaną (Proto-Germanic)

To find, to discover, to come upon.

*spraidijaną (Proto-Germanic)

sprǣdan (Old English)

findan (Old English)

To find, meet.

finden (Middle English)

(transitive) to find; to discover.

find (English)

(intransitive, hunting) To discover game.. (intransitive, legal) To determine or judge.. (transitive) To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.. (transitive) To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.. (transitive) To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.. (transitive) To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.. (transitive) To [...]

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