Where does “blooded” come from?

Blooded derives from Middle English bloded, a past participle formation whose ultimate origin and original sense remain uncertain.

blooded (English): Experienced; Descended from; bloody, bleeding

Definitions

  1. Experienced; Descended from; bloody, bleeding

Ancestry of “blooded”, 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 “blooded

Every word from Old English -ed