bego

bego · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*bi
2. Old English · inherited frombegān“to go over, traverse, get to, come by, fall into, go to, visit, care for, cultivate, inhabit, occupy, surround, beset, overrun, practice, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about, honor, serve, worship, profess”
3. Middle English · inherited frombegon
4. English todaybego

From Middle English begon, from Old English begān (“to go over, traverse, get to, come by, fall into, go to, visit, care for, cultivate, inhabit, occupy, surround, beset, overrun, practice, do, engage in, perform, attend to, be diligent about, honor, serve, worship, profess”), from Proto-Germanic *bi + *gāną, corresponding to be- + go. Cognate with Dutch begaan, German begehen, Danish begå.

bego · verb²

Back-formation from begone, originally an imperative but now an interjection, construed as a past participle.

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