Struck
/strʌk/noun
Past tense and past participle of strike, meaning hit, impact, or suddenly affect.
Did you know?Struck comes from Old English *strīcan* / *strician* “to stroke, go, strike,” and its deep Germanic roots are shared with words tied to moving, rubbing, and hitting—language that once felt almost like physical force.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*strīkaną
“to stroke, rub, or pass over”
Old English
OE
strīcan
“to stroke, glide, go, or move swiftly”
Middle English
ME
striken
“to strike, hit, or deal a blow”
Early Modern English
English
struck
“past tense and past participle of strike”
Modern English
English
struck
“hit, impacted, or suddenly affected”