In englishEnglish we have wordssay things like "calibrated" device, "distributed" product, "founded" company, "destroyed" house, and so forth.:
- a calibrated device
- a distributed product
- a founded company
- a destroyed house
TheyThose ‑ed words there all signifysignify that "A VERBsome verb (here respectively calibrate, distribute, found, or destroy) has been "done onto" a NOUN"“done onto” the noun that follows it.
What What is the term for this grammatical devicegrammatical device? Or, what is a singlesingle term for "something being done to X"something having been done unto X as a characteristic characteristic of Xthat X?
Assuming that we’re talking only about words that derive from verbs and used with nouns here like my examples all do, can that grammatical term you’ve chosen also be applied to any sorts of words that do not end in ‑ed, and are there any sorts of words that do end in ‑ed which this grammatical term would not apply equally to?