The story
- Middle English · inherited frombefinden
- English todaybefind
From Middle English befinden, bifinden, equivalent to be- + find. Cognate with Saterland Frisian befiende (“to be located, befind”), Dutch bevinden (“to find”), German befinden (“to be, be located”), Swedish befinna (“to find, be”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.