Get
/ɡɛt/noun
To obtain, receive, or come to have something.
Did you know?English get is ultimately related to Old Norse geta, meaning “to get, obtain, guess,” showing how possession and perception were once tangled together in the same ancient word.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*gʰed-
“to seize, take hold of”
Old Norse
ON
geta
“to get, obtain; to guess, think”
Old English
OE
gietan
“to get, obtain, acquire”
Middle English
ME
geten
“to get, obtain, come to have”
Modern English
English
get
“to obtain, receive, or come to have something”