Where does “defeated” come from?
defeated (English) comes from English defeat, from Middle English defeten, from Middle English defet, from French deffet, from Old French desfait, from Old French desfaire, from Old French faire, from Latin faciō.
defeated (English): Subjugated, beaten, overcome; simple past tense...
Definitions
- Subjugated, beaten, overcome; simple past tense...
Ancestry of “defeated”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | defeat | To overcome in battle or contest; To reduce, to... |
| 2 | Middle English | defeten | — |
| 3 | Middle English | defet | defect; disfigured |
| 4 | French | deffet | — |
| 5 | Old French | desfait | undone |
| 6 | Old French | desfaire | to undo; to defeat |
| 7 | Old French | faire | to do |
| 8 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 9 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 10 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 11 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |