Etymology

beloved

be·loved
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Today it means: Much loved, dearly loved. Full definition →

Middle English beloved
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombeloved
  2. English todaybeloved

From Middle English beloved, biloved, equivalent to belove + -ed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.