Where does “top-hatted” come from?

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

top-hatted (English): Wearing a top hat

Definitions

  1. Wearing a top hat

Ancestry of “top-hatted”, 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 →