Where does “blackened” come from?
Blackened comes from Middle English blakend, the past participle of blaken, meaning to make black or to blacken.
blackened (English): Darkened to the point of appearing black; simple...
Definitions
- Darkened to the point of appearing black; simple...
Ancestry of “blackened”, step by step
blackened traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English blacken
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | blacken | To cause to be or become black; To become black;... |
| 2 | English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 3 | Middle English | -en | Denotes the past participle form when attached to... |
| 4 | Old English | -en | mæġþ + API → mæġden; cocc + API → cycen, cicen;... |
| 5 | Old Norse | -inn | Used to create adjectives from nouns, meaning... |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | -īna- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Middle English blakend
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | blakend | — |