learned

learned · adjective¹

1. Old English · derived from(ġe)lǣred
2. Middle English · inherited fromlerned
3. English todaylearned

From Middle English lerned, lernd, lernyd, equivalent to learn + -ed, which replaced the earlier lered (“taught”), from Old English (ġe)lǣred, past participle of lǣran (“to teach”). Learn formerly had the meaning “to teach”, which is now found only in nonstandard speech, as well as its standard meaning of “to learn”.

learned · verb, adjective²

Past participle of learn.