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Where does “alphabeted” come from?

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

alphabeted (English): Written using a specified alphabet; simple past...

Definitions

  1. Written using a specified alphabet; simple past...

Ancestry of “alphabeted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
2Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
3Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Old English -ed →