Where does “-ed” come from?

-ed (English) comes from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

-ed (English): Used to form past tenses of verbs. In...

Definitions

  1. Used to form past tenses of verbs. In...

Ancestry of “-ed”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
2Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

Words derived from “-ed

Every word from Old English -ed