Etymology

taught

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Middle English taught(e) ← Old English tāhte ← Proto-Germanic *taihtē
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*taihtē
  2. Old English · inherited fromtāhte
  3. Middle English · inherited fromtaught(e)
  4. English todaytaught

From Middle English taught(e), tau(h)t(e), from Old English tāhte, tǣhte, from Proto-Germanic *taihtē.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.