Decked
/dɛkt/noun
Covered, adorned, or fitted out; also the past tense and past participle of deck.
Did you know?The verb *deck* likely came from a word meaning “to cover” or “to thatch,” and only later evolved into the flashy idea of being ornamented or outfitted.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*þakkōną
“to cover, roof, or thatch”
Old English
OE
þæc
“thatch; roof covering”
Middle Dutch
MDu
dec
“roof covering, deck”
Middle English
ME
dekken
“to cover; to furnish with a deck”
Modern English
English
decked
“covered, adorned, or fitted out”