Etymology

bedraggled

be·drag·gled
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Today it means: Wet, limp, and unkempt; in disarray due to being doused with water, exposed to the elements, etc. Full definition →

English bedraggle ← Low German draggeinflu. ← Middle English draggen
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁pi
  5. Proto-Germanic*bi
  6. Proto-Germanic*bi-
  7. Proto-West Germanic*bi-
  8. Old Englishbe-
  9. Middle Englishbi-
  10. Englishbe-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰregʰ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰrógʰ-e-ti
  13. Proto-Germanic*draganą
  14. Proto-West Germanic*dragan
  15. Old Englishdragan
  16. Middle Englishdragen
  17. Middle Englishdraggen
  18. Low Germandraggeinflu.
  19. Englishdrag
  20. Englishdraggle
  21. Englishbedraggle
  22. English todaybedraggled

From bedraggle + -ed.

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