DictionaryRoot: -ed
English
-ed
having a feature or being in a resulting state
Forms
- -ed
- -d — Used after many bases ending in e.
Origin
Continues an old English ending. Descriptions built from nouns developed alongside forms associated with completed actions.
Note
A word such as wooded describes possession of a feature; it does not require an earlier verb meaning “to wood.”
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adjective
repeated
Happening or done more than once.
Etymology
The Latin verb includes doing something again. Repeated describes an action or occurrence that has taken place more than once.