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Where does “sooted” come from?

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

sooted (English): Stained or marked with soot

Definitions

  1. Stained or marked with soot

Ancestry of “sooted”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
2Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
3Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Old English -ed →