Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • The termination of the past participle of regular, or weak, verbs; also, of analogous participial adjectives from nouns

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  • suffix Used to form adjectives from nouns, in the sense of having the object represented by the noun.
  • suffix As an extension of the above, when used along with an adjective preceding the noun, describes something that has an object of a particular quality.
  • suffix Used to form past participles of (regular) verbs. See -en and -t for variants.
  • suffix Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.

Etymologies

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From Old English -od ("class 2 weak past participle"), from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz.

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From Old English -ode, -odon ("class 2 weak past"), from Proto-Germanic *-ōd-, *-ōdēd-.

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From Old English -od ("adjective suffix"), from Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz. While identical in appearance to the past participle of class 2 weak verbs, this suffix was attached directly to nouns without any intervening verb. Compare also Latin -ātus.

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