Where does “benighted” come from?
Benighted comes from Middle English past participle formed with -ed, from Old English -od, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos and -tós suffixes used to form adjectives from verbs.
benighted (English): Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller,...
Definitions
- Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller,...
Ancestry of “benighted”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | benight | To overtake with the darkness of night,... |
| 2 | Middle English | benyghten | — |
Words derived from “benighted”