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English

made

/meɪd/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A grub or maggot.
  2. simple past and past participle of make
  3. simple past and past participle of myek
  4. simple past and past participle of mak

Etymology / origin

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

  1. Made(German)→
  2. made(Dutch)→
  3. mathe(Scots)→
  4. *mot-(ine-pro)→
  5. *maþô(gem-pro)→
  6. maþu(ang)→
  7. mathe(enm)→
  8. made (English)
  9. Relations: inh, inh, inh, der, cog, cog, cog

Related words

mathe(enm)maþu(ang)*maþô(gem-pro)*mot-(ine-pro)mathe(Scots)made(Dutch)Made(German)

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