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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

  1. Covered or stained with blood; simple past tense...

Ancestry of “bloodied”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbloodyCovered in blood; Characterised by bloodshed;...
2Middle Englishblody—
3Old Englishblōdiġ—
4Proto-Germanicblōþagazbloody
5Proto-Germanicblōþąblood
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰleh₃-bloom, flower
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰel-to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰōl-—

Words derived from “bloodied”

  • unbloodied
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