Send
/sɛnd/noun
To cause something or someone to go or be taken to a destination.
Did you know?English send is ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to go” or “move,” and it’s distantly related to words like journey and sense through ancient sound-shifts and branching descendants.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sent-
“to go, travel, send”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*sandijaną
“to send, cause to go”
Old English
OE
sendan
“to send, dispatch”
Middle English
ME
senden
“to send, dispatch”
Modern English
EN
send
“to cause to go or be carried to a destination”