Read etymology

English

English word read comes from Proto-Indo-European *Hreh₁dʰ-, Proto-Indo-European *rēy-, and later Proto-Germanic *rēdaną (To decide, advise.)

Etymology of read

Detailed word origin of read

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*Hreh₁dʰ- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*rēy- Proto-Indo-European (ine) thing; possession, to count, put in order, arrange, make comfortable, to scream, shout, roar, bellow, bark, growl
*rēdaną Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To decide, advise.
rædan Old English (ang) To advise. To interpret words and letters; to read. To interpret, explain. To prepare.
rǣdan Old English (ang)
ræden Middle English (enm)
read English (en) (at first especially in the black, _, LGBT, _, community) To call attention to the flaws of (someone) in either a playful, a taunting, or an insulting way.. (computing, transitive) To fetch data from (a storage medium, etc.).. (informal, usually, ironic) Used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term.. (intransitive) Of text, etc., to be interpreted or read in [...]

Words with the same origin as read

Descendants of *Hreh₁dʰ-

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