Opened
/ˈoʊ.pənd/noun
Past tense and past participle of open, meaning to make or become not closed.
Did you know?The word ultimately traces back to a Proto-Indo-European root meaning “to grow” or “become active,” which is why English inherited the sense of something unfolding into visibility.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*h₃ep-
“to work, produce, or be active; later developments in descendant languages gave senses of opening or unfolding”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*upanaz
“open, not shut”
Old English
English
open
“open, not closed”
Middle English
English
openen
“to open”
Modern English
English
opened
“made not closed; revealed or uncovered”