Why does 'we' have one 'e' while 'see' has two?

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I am wondering why the words me and we have one 'e', even though the word see has two.

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Different etymologies
– Henry
Nov 21 at 0:20
There's not really a good reason - lots of words have single "e", lots have double "e". "be" and "see" had similar forms in Old English - bieon, bian, bion; sean, sian, sea, sion - but are now spelt differently.
– Stuart F
Nov 21 at 10:27
Why does we have one e and wee have two?
– Hellion
Nov 22 at 21:31

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