Etymology

-se

Today it means: Forms verbs from adjectives or nouns. When attached to certain adjectives, it forms a transitive verb whose meaning is, to make (adjective). The same construction could also be done to certain (fewer) nouns, as, bless, in which case the verb means roughly, to make bloody/sanctify. Full definition →

Middle English -sen ← Old English -sian ← Proto-Germanic *-isōną
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*-isōną
  2. Old English · inherited from-sian
  3. Middle English · inherited from-sen
  4. English today-se

From Middle English -sen (verbal ending), from Old English -sian (verbal ending), from Proto-Germanic *-isōną.

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