Etymology · Middle English
reden
5 English words descend from Middle English reden, most common first.
- readTo look at and interpret letters or other information that is written.
- reedAny of various types of tall stiff perennial grass-like plants growing together in groups near water.
- ridFollowed by of: to free (oneself or someone, or a place) from an annoyance or hindrance.
- reddTo free from entanglement.
- redeHelp, advice, counsel.