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English word get comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) χανδάνω, Proto-Indo-European *ed-, and later Proto-Indo-European *h₁édti (To eat.)
χανδάνω (Ancient Greek)
*ed- (Proto-Indo-European)
*gʰed- (Proto-Indo-European)
*h₁édti (Proto-Indo-European)
To eat.
*getaną (Proto-Germanic)
To attain, acquire, get, receive, hold.
*atjaną (Proto-Germanic)
To cause/allow to eat. To pasture; graze.
geta (Old Norse)
*etunaz (Proto-Germanic)
A giant. An overeater, glutton.
eoten (Old English)
Giant, monster.
geten (Middle English)
get (English)
(archaic) To learn; to commit to memory; to memorize; sometimes with out.. (copulative) To become.. (euphemism) To kill.. (imperative, informal) Go away; get lost.. (imperative, informal) Used with a personal pronoun to indicate that someone is being pretentious or grandiose.. (informal) To be. Used to form the passive of verbs.. (intransitive) To begin (doing something).. (intransitive, [...]