Etymograph

English

witted

Witted comes from Middle English witted.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500witted1
  2. Englishtodaywitted1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English witted

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500wittedWiktionary, English witted
  2. EnglishtodaywittedWiktionary, English witted

Formed from wit + -ed

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

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Proto-Germanic *witją ‘knowledge’

Proto-West Germanic *witi ‘knowledge’

Old English witt ‘mind, sanity, sense, understanding’

Middle English wit ‘mind, sanity’

English wit

Every English word from Middle English witted

Today it means

adj having a specified form of wit (intellectual ability)

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “witted”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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