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Where does “unblotched” come from?

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

unblotched (English): Not blotched

Definitions

  1. Not blotched

Ancestry of “unblotched”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishblotchedCovered in blotches; simple past tense and past...
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 →