begin
English
/bɪˈɡɪn/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
- (intransitive) To be in the first stage of some situation
- (intransitive) To come into existence.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English beginnen inherited from Old English beginnan (begin) inherited from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (begin).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*biginnaną
Gloss
begin
Concept
Semantic Field
Time
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
始
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- beginner English
- beginnerish English
- beginnest English
- beginneth English
- beginning English
- beginningless English
- prebeginner English
- rebegin English
- unbeginning English
- beginnen German
- begynne Norwegian Bokmål
- begynnelse Norwegian Bokmål
- begynner Norwegian Bokmål
- påbegynne Norwegian Bokmål
- *biginnaną Proto-Germanic
- *biginnaz Proto-Germanic
- begynna Swedish
- begynnelse Swedish
- begynne Norwegian Nynorsk
- beginnan Old English
- ginnan Old English
- beginnen Middle English
- begynner Middle English
- biginning Middle English
- ginnen Middle English
- begynde Danish
- begyndelse Danish
- begynder Danish
- biginnan Old High German
- beginnen Middle High German
- nxë Albanian
- nxënës Albanian
- biginnan Old Dutch
- beginnen Middle Low German
- biginnan Old Saxon
- *biginna Old Frisian
- biginna Old Frisian
- begünnen Low German
- *džeina Proto-Albanian
- bigin Sranan Tongo
- bigin Nigerian Pidgin