Where does “bloodied” come from?
Bloodied derives from English bloody, formed with the Middle English past participle suffix -ed, from Old English blōd with the suffix -od, tracing back through Proto-Germanic -ōdaz and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos and -kos to the root bʰel-.
bloodied (English): Covered or stained with blood; simple past tense...
Definitions
- Covered or stained with blood; simple past tense...
Ancestry of “bloodied”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | bloody | Covered in blood; Characterised by bloodshed;... |
| 2 | Middle English | blody | — |
| 3 | Old English | blōdiġ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blōþagaz | bloody |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | blōþą | blood |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₃- | bloom, flower |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
Words derived from “bloodied”