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Where does “unblooded” come from?

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

unblooded (English): Not yet blooded; still to take part in combat

Definitions

  1. Not yet blooded; still to take part in combat

Ancestry of “unblooded”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbloodedExperienced; Descended from; bloody, bleeding
2English-edUsed to form past tenses of verbs. In...
3Middle English-edAlternative form of -hede
4Old English-edformed into the likeness of, made into, shaped...
Every word from Old English -ed →