Ridden
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Old English rīdan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rijden and German reiten .
wiktionary
Morphologically ride + -en.
See ride(verb)
See rid
etymonline
ridden (adj.)
mid-14c., "that has ridden or travelled," past-participle adjective from ride (v.). The sense evolution, via horses, is from "that which has been ridden upon" to "broken in" (1520s) to, in compounds, "oppressed, taken advantage of" (1650s). In reference to witches, nightmares, etc., "to sit on or to ride as a horse" by 1590s.
