Where does “betrayed” come from?

Betrayed comes from Middle English -ed, Old English -od, Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, and Proto-Indo-European -tós, a past participle suffix forming adjectives from verbal roots.

betrayed (English): simple past tense and past participle of betray

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of betray

Ancestry of “betrayed”, 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...

Words derived from “betrayed”

Every word from Old English -ed →Every word from English -ed →Every word from Middle English -ed →