Etymology

bedrest

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Today it means: A device used to support a person sitting up in bed. Full definition →

Middle English bædræste ← Old English bedrest
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited frombedrest
  2. Middle English · inherited frombædræste
  3. English todaybedrest

From Middle English bædræste, from Old English bedrest, beddrest, equivalent to bed + rest.

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