-(e)n(e) [-en, -ne, -n]

Morpheme

-(e)n(e) [-en, -ne, -n]

Type

suffix

Denotation

past participle of strong verbs

Etymology

Middle English -n, -en; Old English -en; Old Norse -inn

Evidence

awoken, beaten, been, blown, born, borne, broken, chosen, done, drawn, driven, drunken, eaten, fallen, flown, forgiven, forgotten, forsaken, frozen, given, glown, gone, gotten, grown, hewn, hidden, known, mistaken, mown, own, proven, ridden, risen, sawn, screwn, seen, sewn, shaken, shown, smitten, sown, spoken, stolen, sworn, taken, thrown, woken, written

See Also

-ed, -t