taken

Meaning

Frequency

A1
Hyphenated as
tak‧en
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈteɪkən/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin. Morphologically take + -n.

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