The story
- Old English · inherited frombesendan“to send (to), send across, let go”
- Middle English · inherited frombesenden
- English todaybesend
From Middle English besenden, bisenden, from Old English besendan (“to send (to), send across, let go”), equivalent to be- + send. Cognate with Dutch bezenden (“to besend”), German besenden (“to subpoena, summon”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.