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nq 2 Is it true that the word gotten was originally part when did it disappear I m assuming it is now verboten nq nq 1 The last UK use of it cited in OED dates from 1894 However I m not at all sure that it uneducated people I certainly remember the similar boughten being used by a middle aged...

The verb get came from the Old North geta and the verb inflected like geta gat getten The past participle getten or gotten a new variant of getten generated by vowel shift had been used down to the 16th century However during the 17th century the past tense form got which was originally gat was...