Where does “shape” come from?
Shape comes from Middle English shap, Old English ġesceap, Proto-West Germanic skap, Proto-Germanic ga-, and ultimately Proto-Indo-European roots ḱóm and ḱe.
shape (English): The status or condition of something; Condition...
Definitions
- The status or condition of something; Condition...
Ancestry of “shape”, 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 “shape”