Etymology

handed

hand·ed
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Today it means: Having a certain kind or number of hands. Full definition →

English hand ← Middle English hond ← Old English hand
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*handuz
  2. Proto-West Germanic*handu
  3. Old Englishhand
  4. Middle Englishhond
  5. Englishhand
  6. English todayhanded

From hand + -ed.

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