English
-red
A suffix forming nouns of condition or state.
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Origin
From Middle English -rede, -red, -redde, -reden, from Old English -rǣden (which see). Cognate with German -rat (as in Heirat (“wedding”)).
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Lineage
- inheritedMiddle English-rede
- inheritedOld English-rǣden
Related: German -rat
Sources
- Wiktionary (via Wiktextract / kaikki.org) — CC BY-SA 4.0
- Wiktionary: -red