Etymology

aren

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Middle English aren ← Old English earon
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The story

  1. Old English · derived frombēon“to be”
  2. Old English · inherited fromearon
  3. Middle English · inherited fromaren
  4. English todayaren

From Middle English aren, from Old English earon, earun, present plural indicative of Old English bēon (“to be”). Equivalent to are + -en. More at are.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englisharen all →

are

Old Englishbēon all →

bebeen

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.