Where does “beaten” come from?
I can't write this etymology because the chain provided only cycles through "English beat" and "English beatnik" repeatedly without showing any actual origin language or meaningful etymological progression. A valid etymology requires tracing back to an earlier language (such as Old English, Proto-Germanic, or similar), not circular references within English. Please provide the complete chain from the headword back to its earliest known source.
beaten (English): defeated; repeatedly struck, or formed or...
Definitions
- defeated; repeatedly struck, or formed or...
Ancestry of “beaten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 2 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 3 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 4 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
Words derived from “beaten”