desired

The word 'desired' is the past participle and adjective form of the verb 'desire'. The root 'desire' entered English from Old French desirer, which itself descended from Latin desiderare, meaning 'to long for, wish for, or miss'. The Latin term is thought to be composed of de- (indicating something is lacking or down from) and sider- (from sidus, meaning 'star'), possibly conveying the idea of 'awaiting what the stars will bring' or feeling the absence of something as keenly as an astronomer missing a star. The suffix -ed is the common Germanic participial ending, which in English attaches to verbs to create adjectives describing a state resulting from the verb's action, thus 'desired' literally means 'having been wished for'.

Structure: desire + d desire (Latin, verb root meaning 'to long for') + d (English, suffix forming the past participle and adjective)