Where does “bent” come from?

Bent derives from the English plural and possessive suffix -s attached to the English verb bend, which traces to Proto-Indo-European bʰendʰ-.

bent (English): simple past tense and past participle of bend;...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of bend;...

Ancestry of “bent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishbent
2Old Englishbeonotcoarse grass, bent grass

Words derived from “bent

Every word from Old English beonot