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

  1. Overtaken by night; especially of a traveller,...

Ancestry of “benighted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbenightTo overtake with the darkness of night,...
2Middle Englishbenyghten—

Words derived from “benighted”

Every word from Middle English benyghten →Every word from English benight →