taken

Meanings

Adjective

• Infatuated; fond of or attracted to.
• In a serious romantic relationship.

Verb

• Past participle of take

Origin

• From Middle English taken, takenn, from Old English tacen, *ġetacen, from Old Norse tekinn, from Proto-Germanic *tēkanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *tēkaną. Cognate with Scots takin, tane, Danish tagen, Swedish tagen, Icelandic tekin.
• Morphologically take + -n.