stolen

Meanings

Verb

  • Past participle of steal

Adjective

  • That has been stolen.

Origin

  • From Middle English stolen, istolen, from Old English stolen, ġestolen, from Proto-Germanic *stulanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *stelaną, equivalent to stole + -en. Cognate with Scots stellin, stollin, Saterland Frisian stäälen, West Frisian stellen, Dutch gestolen, German Low German stohlen, German gestohlen, Swedish stulen.

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