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Where does “chaperoned” come from?

chaperoned (English) comes from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

chaperoned (English): simple past tense and past participle of...

Definitions

  1. simple past tense and past participle of...

Ancestry of “chaperoned”, 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 “chaperoned”

  • unchaperoned
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