mightsome
mightsome · mightsomes · mightsomed · mightsoming
To be powerfulTo be powerful.
Meaning
1 senses(dialectal)To be powerful.
Origin
From Middle English mightsomen, mihtsomen, apparently an alteration of Middle English nühtFrom Middle English mightsomen, mihtsomen, apparently an alteration of Middle English nühtsomen, from Old English ġenyhtsumian (“to abound, have abundance, suffice”), from Proto-Germanic *ganuhtsumōną (“to suffice”), from *nuhtiz (“sufficiency, enoughness”), from Proto-Indo-European *eneḱ-, *neḱ- (“to reach, attain”). Cognate with Old High German ginuhtsamōn (“to be sufficient”).
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Forms
mightsomes, mightsoming, mightsomed, mightsomed| Base form | mightsome · to mightsome |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | mightsomes |
| Present participle | mightsoming |
| Past simple | mightsomed |
| Past participle | mightsomed |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle