Where does “denatured” come from?

Denatured comes from French dénaturer, which derives from Old English -od, Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, and Proto-Indo-European roots -eh₂tos and -tós meaning "made" or "done."

denatured (English): Having been deprived of its nature, having had...

Definitions

  1. Having been deprived of its nature, having had...

Ancestry of “denatured”, 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 “denatured”

Every word from Old English -ed →Every word from English -ed →Every word from Middle English -ed →