Etymograph

English

haedine

Haedine comes from Latin haedīnus ‘kidlike’, from haedus ‘kid, young goat’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *haidos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*haidos‘goat’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaedus‘kid, young goat’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaedīnus‘kidlike’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1914haedine

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*haidos‘goat’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaedus‘kid, young goat’
  3. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaedīnus‘kidlike’
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1914haedine

Earliest quotation: 1914, : University of Illinois, The Illio: “Then there was an old-clothes man of Hebraic origin…”

Equivalent to haed- ‘kid, young goat’ + -ine

Proto-Italic *haidos ‘goat’

Latin haedus ‘young goat, kid’

English haed-

Today it means

adj Resembling in form or exhibiting the behaviour typical of a kid (i.e., a juvenile goat); compare caprine, hircine.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *haidos / haedine