Etymology

known

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Today it means: Identified as a specific type; famous, renowned. Full definition →

Middle English knowen ← Old English cnāwen
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromcnāwen
  2. Middle English · inherited fromknowen
  3. English todayknown

From Middle English knowen, from Old English cnāwen (past participle). Morphologically know + -n.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishknowen all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.