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Where does “inked” come from?

Inked comes from Middle English -ed, Old French enque, Latin encaustum, and Ancient Greek ἔγκαυστον, derived from the Greek verb καίω meaning to burn.

inked (English): Having a tattoo or tattoos; simple past tense and...

Definitions

  1. Having a tattoo or tattoos; simple past tense and...

Ancestry of “inked”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishinkA pigment -based fluid used for writing, printing...
2Middle Englishynkeink
3Old Frenchenqueink
4Latinencaustumthe purple-red ink used by the later Roman...
5Latinencaustusburned in, encaustic; the encaustic mode of...
6Ancient Greekἔγκαυστοςburned in
7Ancient Greekἐν-in, within; on
8Ancient Greekἐνin, on, at; among; in, at, or during the time of
9Ancient Greekδέρμαskin, hide
10Ancient Greekγλυφήcarving, carved work; hole cut
11Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
12Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
13Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “inked”

  • uninked
  • beinked
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