Where does “hurtee” come from?

hurtee (English) comes from English hurt, from Middle English hurten, from Old Northern French hurter.

hurtee (English): One who is hurt

Definitions

  1. One who is hurt

Ancestry of “hurtee”, step by step

hurtee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English hurt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhurtTo be painful; To cause physical pain and/or...
2Middle EnglishhurtenTo hurt cause an injury or disease
3Old Northern Frenchhurter—

via English EE

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishEEInitialism of electrical engineering
2Cantonese噫—
Every word from Old Northern French hurter →