English word read comes from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ-, Proto-Indo-European *rēy-, and later Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (To decide, advise.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *Hreh₁dʰ- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
| *rēy- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | thing; possession, to count, put in order, arrange, make comfortable, to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl |
| *rēdaną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | To decide, advise. |
| rædan | Old English (ang) | To advise. To interpret words and letters; to read. To interpret, explain. To prepare. |
| rǣdan | Old English (ang) | |
| ræden | Middle English (enm) | |
| read | English (en) | (at first especially in the black, _, LGBT, _, community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.. (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).. (informal, usually, ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.. (intransitive) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in [...] |