Found
/faʊnd/noun
Past tense and past participle of find; also used as an adjective meaning established or built.
Did you know?Found is the past form of Old English findan, and its deep Indo-European relatives also produced words for discovery and arrival in other languages, showing how ancient speech linked finding with coming upon something already there.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pent-
“to tread, go, find one's way”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*findaną
“to find, come upon”
Old English
English
findan
“to find, discover, obtain”
Middle English
English
founden
“found, discovered”
Modern English
English
found
“past tense and past participle of find”