Where does “timbered” come from?
Timbered comes from Middle English -ed and Old English -od, derived from Proto-Germanic timrą and Proto-Indo-European dem-, with the suffix from Proto-Indo-European -tós.
timbered (English): Wooded; bearing timber; forested; Made from...
Definitions
- Wooded; bearing timber; forested; Made from...
Ancestry of “timbered”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | timber | Trees in a forest regarded as a source of wood;... |
| 2 | Middle English | tymber | — |
| 3 | Old English | timber | timber; a building; the act of building |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | timrą | building; timber |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
Words derived from “timbered”