Etymology

loaden

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Today it means: To charge or burden with a load; to burden or freight Full definition →

Middle English *loden ← Old English hladen
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loaden · verb1

From load + -en (“to make like”).

loaden · verb2

  1. Old English · inherited fromhladen
  2. Middle English · inherited from*loden
  3. English todayloaden

From Middle English *loden, lode, variant of laden, y-lade, from Old English hladen, ġehladen (“loaded, laden”), equivalent to load + -en (past participle ending). Doublet of laden.

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