Seen
/siːn/noun
Past participle of see; observed with the eyes or noticed mentally.
Did you know?“Seen” is the old past-participle form of a Germanic verb that ultimately goes back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to look” or “perceive,” which also spawned words tied to sight across Europe.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sekʷ-
“to see, observe”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sehwaną
“to see”
Old English
OE
sēon
“to see”
Old English
OE
segen
“seen; beheld”
Middle English
ME
seen
“seen; observed”
Modern English
English
seen
“past participle of see”