Etymograph

English

send

Send comes from Middle English senden ‘to send’, from Proto-Indo-European *sont-eye-ti ‘to cause to go’, and ultimately from *sent- ‘to walk, travel’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-‘to walk’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sont-eye-ti‘to cause to go’reconstructedcausative of *sent-
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sandijaną‘to send’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sandijan‘to send’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150sendan‘to send’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500senden‘to send’
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1604–1605send

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*sent-‘to walk’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*sont-eye-ti‘to cause to go’reconstructedcausative of *sent-
  3. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*sandijaną‘to send’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*sandijan‘to send’reconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150sendan‘to send’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500senden‘to send’
  7. Englishearliest quotation c. 1604–1605send

Earliest quotation: c. 1604–1605, William Shakespeare, All’s Well, that Ends Well: “God send him well!”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sent- ‘to walk, travel’

sense, sentence, sensitive, consent, consensus, sensible, sentiment, scent, sensation, sensor, sith, sensibility, sensual, resent, sentient, assent, sensuous, sentience, sensu, 34 more

Today it means

verb To make something (such as an object or message) go from one place to another (or to someone).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *sent- / send

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