English

done

/dʌn/
Having completed or finished an activity.

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    Origin

    From Middle English don, idon, ydon, ȝedon, gedon, from Old English dōn, ġedōn, from Proto-West Germanic *dān, from Proto-Germanic *dēnaz (past participle of *dōną (“to do”)). Equivalent to do + -en (past participle ending). Cognate with Scots dune, deen, dene, dane (“done”), Saterland Frisian däin (“done”), West Frisian dien (“done”), Dutch gedaan (“done”), German Low German daan (“done”), German getan (“done”). More at do.

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    • inheritedMiddle Englishdon “to put on”
      • inheritedOld Englishdōn
        • inheritedProto-West Germanic*dōn “to do; to place, put”
      • inheritedOld Englishdōn on
    • derivedEnglishkipper “A split, salted and smoked herring or salmon.”
      • inheritedOld Englishcypera “male salmon”
        • inheritedMiddle Englishkippen “to seize, snatch”
      • suffixEnglish-er “A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.”
        • inheritedMiddle English-ere
        • inheritedMiddle English-er
        • derivedEnglishthe “...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or ve…”
        • inheritedMiddle English-eren
        • inheritedMiddle English-re
        • borrowedMandarin兒

    Related: Scots dune, Saterland Frisian däin, West Frisian dien, Dutch gedaan, German Low German daan, German getan

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