travelled

Travelled is the past tense and past participle of the verb travel in British English and many other Commonwealth varieties. In American English the corresponding form is traveled. The form is used to describe completed journeys or experiences: She travelled through Europe last summer. They have travelled widely.

Spelling and usage: The double-L form travelLed is standard in British, Irish, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English; traveled is standard in American English. The present participle forms are travelling versus traveling, and related nouns like traveller versus traveler reflect the same regional distinction.

Grammatical notes: Travelled can be used with auxiliary verbs to form perfect tenses: She had travelled before they began the tour. It is derived from the verb travel, which historically referred to labor or toil before acquiring its modern sense of moving from place to place.

Origins: The word travel originates in Old French travail, meaning toil, and reached English through Middle English usage. The sense subsequently shifted from toil to denote movement and journeys, which is now the primary meaning of the verb in English.