English word find comes from Proto-Indo-European *pontHo-, Proto-Indo-European *(s)prey-, Proto-Germanic *sprīþaną (To break up, become scattered.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *pontHo- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *(s)prey- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *sprīþaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To break up, become scattered. |
| *finþaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To find, to discover, to come upon. |
| *spraidijaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
| sprǣdan | Old English (ang) | |
| findan | Old English (ang) | To find, meet. |
| finden | Middle English (enm) | (transitive) to find; to discover. |
| find | English (en) | (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 [...] |