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Where does “shapes” come from?

shapes (English) comes from English shape, from English -ed, from Middle English -ed, from Old English -ed — formed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...

shapes (English): plural of shape; Third-person singular simple...

Definitions

  1. plural of shape; Third-person singular simple...

Ancestry of “shapes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishshapeThe status or condition of something; Condition...
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Old English -ed →