Where does “ivied” come from?
Ivied comes from Old English -od, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -tós, a suffix forming adjectives from verbal roots.
ivied (English): Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant
Definitions
- Overgrown with ivy or another climbing plant
Ancestry of “ivied”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Ivy | A university that is part of the Ivy League |
| 2 | Middle English | ivi | ivy |
| 3 | Old English | īfiġ | — |
| 4 | Tagalog | ibig | liking |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | ibahs | ivy |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (h₁)ebʰ- | climbing |
Words derived from “ivied”