Etymology

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Today it means: Part of; firmly, or securely surrounded; lodged solidly into; deep-rooted. Full definition →

English embed ← Middle English bed ← Old English bedd
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Italic*en
  3. Proto-Italic*en-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Old Frenchen-
  6. Middle Englishen-
  7. Englishem-
  8. Proto-Germanic*badją
  9. Proto-West Germanic*badi
  10. Old Englishbedd
  11. Middle Englishbed
  12. Englishbed
  13. Englishembed
  14. English todayembedded

From embed + -ed.

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