
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 [...]