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
- Having been deprived of its nature, having had...
Ancestry of “denatured”, 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 “denatured”