Where does “caparisoned” come from?
Caparisoned comes from Middle French caparaçon, from Old English -od, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -tós.
caparisoned (English): Having a richly ornamented harness; Dressed in...
Definitions
- Having a richly ornamented harness; Dressed in...
Ancestry of “caparisoned”, 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 “caparisoned”