self-controlled

self-controlled

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *swé?
Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *selbaz
Old English self
Old English self-
Middle English self-
English self-
English controlled
English self-controlled

    From self- + controlled.

    Adjective

    self-controlled (comparative more self-controlled, superlative most self-controlled)

    1. Possessing self-control; having mastery of one's own desires.

    Verb

    self-controlled

    1. simple past and past participle of self-control

    Translations

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