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{{11}}get (n.) early 14c., "offspring," from GET (Cf. get) (v.). Meaning "what is got, booty" is from 14c.
{{12}}get (v.) c.1200, from O.N. geta "to obtain, reach; to beget; to guess right" (p.t. gatum, pp. getenn), from P.Gmc. *getan (Cf. O.Swed. gissa "to guess," lit. "to try to get"), from PIE root *ghend- "seize, take" (Cf. Gk. khandanein "to hold, contain," Lith. godetis "be eager," second element in L. prehendere "to grasp, seize," Welsh gannu "to hold, contain," O.C.S. gadati "to guess, suppose"). Meaning "to seize mentally, grasp" is from 1892.
Old English, as well as Dutch and Frisian, had the
root only in compounds (
e.g. begietan "
to beget," see
BEGET (
Cf. beget);
forgietan "
to forget," see
FORGET (
Cf. forget)). Vestiges of
O.E. cognate *gietan remain obliquely in
pp. gotten and original p.t.
gat. The word and phrases built on it take up 29 columns in the
OED 2nd edition. Related:
Getting.
Get wind of "become acquainted with" is from 1840, from earlier to get wind "to get out, become known" (1722). Get out, as a command to go away, is from 1711. Get-rich-quick (adj.) attested from 1904, first in O. Henry. To get out of hand originally (1765) meant “to advance beyond the need for guidance;” sense of “to break free, run wild” is from 1892, from horses. To get on (someone's) nerves is attested by 1970.
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