Etymology

inked

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Middle English inked
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inked · adjective1

  1. Middle English · inherited frominked
  2. English todayinked

From Middle English inked, ynkid (“written in ink”), equivalent to ink + -ed.

inked · verb2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Ancient Greekἐν (en)
  3. Ancient Greekἐν- (en-)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂w-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*káwyō
  6. Ancient Greekκαίω (kaíō)
  7. Ancient Greekκαυστός (kaustós)
  8. Ancient Greekἔγκαυστον (énkauston)
  9. Late Latinencaustum
  10. Old Frenchenque
  11. Middle Englishynke
  12. Englishink
  13. English todayinked

From ink + -ed.

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