Etymology

guilt-ridden

Today it means: Having a strong sense of guilt. Full definition →

English guilt ← Middle English gilt ← Old English gylt
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*gulti?
  2. Old Englishgylt
  3. Middle Englishgilt
  4. Englishguilt
  5. English todayguilt-ridden

From guilt + -ridden.

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