Where does “smashed” come from?
Smashed derives from Old English -od, a past participle suffix from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, ultimately tracing to Proto-Indo-European -tós, a suffix forming adjectives denoting a completed state.
smashed (English): Drunk; simple past tense and past participle of...
Definitions
- Drunk; simple past tense and past participle of...
Ancestry of “smashed”, 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... |