Etymology

alphabeted

A1L1P3H4A1B3E1T1E1D2

Today it means: Written using a specified alphabet Full definition →

English alphabet ← Middle English alphabete ← Classical Latin alphabētum
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekἀλφάβητος (alphábētos)
  2. Medieval Greekἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)
  3. Classical Latinalphabētum
  4. Middle Englishalphabete
  5. Englishalphabet
  6. English todayalphabeted

From alphabet + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.