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Definition was

Etymology

From Middle English was, from Old English wæs, from Proto-Germanic *was, (compare Scots was, Dutch was, West Frisian was (dated, wie is generally preferred today), Low German was, German war, Swedish var), from Proto-Indo-European *h?wes- (“to reside”), whence also vestal. The paradigm of “to be” has been since the time of Proto-Germanic a synthesis of three originally distinct verb stems. The infinitive form be is from Proto-Indo-European *b?uH- (“to become”). The forms is and are are both derived from Proto-Indo-European *h?es- (“to be”). Lastly, the past forms starting with w- such as was and were are from Proto-Indo-European *h?wes- (“to reside”).

Verb

was

1. first-person singular simple past indicative of be.
2. third-person singular simple past indicative of be.
3. (colloquial, nonstandard) second-person singular simple past indicative of be.
4. (colloquial, nonstandard) first-person plural simple past indicative of be

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