Etymology

all-seeing

Today it means: Seeing everything. Full definition →

English seeing ← Middle English seen ← Old English sēon
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂elnós
  3. Proto-Germanic*allaz
  4. Proto-Germanic*ala-
  5. Proto-West Germanic*ala-
  6. Old Englishæl-
  7. Middle Englishall-
  8. Englishall-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  10. Proto-Germanic*sehwaną
  11. Proto-West Germanic*sehwan
  12. Old Englishsēon
  13. Middle Englishseen
  14. Englishsee
  15. Englishseeing
  16. English todayall-seeing

From all- + seeing.

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