made

made · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mot-“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*maþô“maggot”
3. Old English · inherited frommaþu
4. Middle English · inherited frommathe
5. English todaymade

From Middle English mathe, from Old English maþu, maþa (“maggot, worm, grub”), from Proto-Germanic *maþô (“maggot”), from Proto-Indo-European *mot- (“worm, grub, caterpillar, moth”). Cognate with Scots mathe, maithe (“maggot”), Dutch made (“maggot”), German Made (“maggot”). More at maggot.

made · verb²

1. Old English · inherited frommacode
2. Middle English · inherited frommade
3. English todaymade

From Middle English made, makede, makode (preterite) and maad, mad, maked (past participle), from Old English macode (first and third person preterite) and macod, gemacode, ġemacod (past participle), from macian (“to make”). More at make.

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