Where does “dipped” come from?
Dipped is the past tense of dip, formed in Middle English with the -ed suffix, descended from Old English -od, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos and -tós.
dipped (English): simple past tense and past participle of dip;...
Definitions
- simple past tense and past participle of dip;...
Ancestry of “dipped”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | DIP | Acronym of dual in-line package; Acronym of... |
| 2 | Middle English | dippen | — |
| 3 | Old English | dyppan | to dip |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | dupjaną | — |
Words derived from “dipped”