Made
/meɪd/noun
Past tense and past participle of make; formed or created.
Did you know?Made descends from Old English *macode*, from the Germanic root *makōną*, a verb tied to making, fitting, and joining things together—an everyday word with a deep craft-and-creation lineage.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mag-
“to knead, fit together, make”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*makōną
“to make, prepare, fit”
Old English
English
macode
“made; fashioned; prepared”
Middle English
English
made
“made; fashioned; prepared”
Modern English
English
made
“formed or created; past tense of make”