been

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US /bɪn/ See IPA manual

Homophones

bin /bɪn/

Minimal pairs

Sounds like bean /ɪ/ vs /iː/ Sounds like bein /ɪ/ vs /iː/

verb noun Freq #88

Meanings

1

verb
Past participle of be.

All the fries have been eaten.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Old English ġebēon Middle English been English been From Middle English been (past participle), from Old English (ġe)bēon. By surface analysis, be + -en.

been Middle English bēon Old English

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# been

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb, noun
**IPA (US):** bɪn
**Frequency rank:** 88

## Meanings
1. Past participle of be.

## Examples
- All the fries have been eaten.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: been
- Root: bēon

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Germanic *ga- Proto-West Germanic *ga- Old English ġe- Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyétider.? Proto-Germanic *beuną Proto-West Germanic *beun Old English bēon Old English ġebēon Middle English been English been From Middle English been (past participle), from Old English (ġe)bēon. By surface analysis, be + -en.

## AI Etymology
Been comes from Middle English been (past participle), from Old English (ġe)bēon. By surface analysis, be + -en. Been's historical chain begins with Proto-Indo-European *ḱe and Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm and later passes through Proto-West Germanic *beun, Old English bēon, Old English ġebēon, Middle English been, English been.

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