Bitten
/ˈbɪt.ən/noun
Past participle of bite: having been cut or seized with the teeth.
Did you know?The word comes from Proto-Indo-European *bheid-*, a root tied to biting, splitting, and breaking apart, which is why its relatives spread across Germanic languages with the force of a literal wound.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bheid-
“to split, cleave, or bite”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*beitaną
“to bite”
Old English
OE
bītan
“to bite”
Middle English
ME
biten
“to bite”
Modern English
English
bitten
“past participle of bite”