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Where does “unstriped” come from?

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

unstriped (English): Not striped

Definitions

  1. Not striped

Ancestry of “unstriped”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishstripedHaving stripes, decorated or marked with bands...
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 →