Etymology

lost

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Today it means: Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way. Full definition →

Middle English loste ← Old English losode
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  1. Old English · inherited fromlosod
  2. Old English · inherited fromlosode
  3. Middle English · inherited fromlost
  4. Middle English · inherited fromloste
  5. English todaylost

From Middle English loste, losede (preterite) and Middle English lost, ilost, ilosed (past participle), from Old English losode (preterite) and Old English losod, ġelosod, equivalent to lose + -t.

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