begreet
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To give or send greetings to; hail; salute; greet; acknowledge by greeting.
Etymology
Prefix from English greet (weep).
Origin
English
greet
Gloss
weep
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autogreet English
- begrutten English
- greet English
- greetable English
- greetee English
- greeter English
- greetest English
- greeteth English
- misgreet English
- regreet English
- regret English
- Begrüßer German
- Begrüßung German
- begrüßen German
- grüßen German
- begroeten Dutch, Flemish
- begroeting Dutch, Flemish
- groeten Dutch, Flemish
- greten Middle English
- begroeten Middle Dutch
- begrüezen Middle High German
- begroeting Western Frisian
- begroetsje Western Frisian
- groetsje Western Frisian
- bigrēta Old Frisian
- begröitje Saterland Frisian
- gröitje Saterland Frisian