gone

The story

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*gānaz“gone”
2. Old English · inherited fromgān
3. Middle English · inherited fromgon
4. English todaygone

From Middle English gon, igon, gan, ȝegan, from Old English gān, ġegān, from Proto-Germanic *gānaz (“gone”), past participle of *gāną (“to go”). Cognate with West Germanic Scots gane (“gone”), West Frisian gien (“gone”), Low German gahn (“gone”), and Dutch gegaan (“gone”).

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