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Where does “uncallused” come from?

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

uncallused (English): Not callused; free from calluses

Definitions

  1. Not callused; free from calluses

Ancestry of “uncallused”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcallusedsimple past tense and past participle of callus;...
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 →