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
- simple past tense and past participle of betray
Ancestry of “betrayed”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ed | Used to form past tenses of verbs. In... |
| 2 | Middle English | -ed | Alternative form of -hede |
| 3 | Old English | -ed | formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped... |
Words derived from “betrayed”