Gone
/ɡɔn/noun
Past participle of go, meaning departed, absent, or no longer present.
Did you know?Gone is the Old English past participle of gān, and its deep relatives spread through Germanic languages in words tied to movement, stepping, and travel — the basic human act of disappearance.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ǵʰeh₂-
“to go, step, or move”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*gāną
“to go, walk”
Old English
OE
ġān
“to go, walk, proceed”
Old English
OE
ġeġān
“gone; departed (past participle)”
Middle English
ME
gon
“gone, departed”
Modern English
English
gone
“departed; no longer present”