Drawn
/drɔːn/noun
Past participle of draw, meaning pulled or moved by force; also extended, sketched, or extracted.
Did you know?English draw comes from Old English dragan, and it shares a deep root with words for dragging, carrying, and even the idea of a burden being hauled through space.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰregʰ-
“to drag, pull, or draw along”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*draganą
“to drag, draw, or carry”
Old English
OE
dragan
“to drag, draw, or pull”
Middle English
ME
drawen
“to pull, haul, or sketch”
Modern English
English
drawn
“pulled, moved, or sketched; past participle of draw”