/ˈteɪ.kn̩/
OriginFrom Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną (“to take; grasp; touch”). Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin.
Morphologically take + -n.
- not-comparableInfatuated; fond of or attracted to.
“He was very taken with the girl, I hear.”
- informal, not-comparableIn a serious romantic relationship.
“I can't ask her out, she's taken.”
- form-of, participle, pastpast participle of take
“No doubt many a journey you have rode and gone, and many a hard daies labour you have taken, and ſharpened perhaps with care and grief[…]”
Formsta'en(alternative, Scotland, archaic, dialectal) · tane(alternative, Scotland, archaic, dialectal)