[1555–65; up- + stretch + -ed2]This word is first recorded in the period 1555–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: corona, diabetes, halo, probe, review-ed is a suffix forming the past participle of weak verbs (he had crossed the river), and of participial adjectives indicating a condition or quality resulting fromthe action of the verb (inflated balloons). Other words that use the affix -ed include: frosted, limited, loaded, saturated, truncated