Said
/sɛd/noun
Past tense and past participle of say; used to report speech.
Did you know?English said is the fossil of Old English secgde, from the same ancient root that gave us say and saw, with a deep Indo-European history connected to speaking and naming.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sekw-
“to say, tell, follow”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sagjaną
“to say, tell”
Old English
English
secgde
“said, told”
Middle English
English
sed / seyd
“said”
Modern English
English
said
“said”
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