Where does “shaped” come from?
Shaped comes from Middle English schaped, a past participle of shape, ultimately tracing to Proto-Germanic *skapjaną meaning to create or form.
shaped (English): Having been given a shape, especially a curved...
Definitions
- Having been given a shape, especially a curved...
Ancestry of “shaped”, step by step
shaped traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English shape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shape | The status or condition of something; Condition... |
| 2 | English | -ed | Used to form past tenses of verbs. In... |
| 3 | Middle English | -ed | Alternative form of -hede |
| 4 | Old English | -ed | formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped... |
via Middle English schaped
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | schaped | — |