Sawn
/sɔːn/noun
Past participle of saw, meaning cut with a saw or divided into pieces.
Did you know?Sawn is the old past participle of saw, from Proto-Germanic *sagōną/*sagwōną, ultimately from the same ancient root behind Latin secāre (“to cut”) and English section.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sek-
“to cut”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sagōną
“to saw, cut with a saw”
Old English
OE
sawan
“to saw, cut with a saw”
Middle English
ME
sawen
“to saw”
Modern English
English
sawn
“past participle of saw”