Where does “stilted” come from?
Stilted comes from Old English -od, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂tos, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European past participle suffix -tós.
stilted (English): Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or...
Definitions
- Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or...
Ancestry of “stilted”, 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 “stilted”