English
haedine
Haedine comes from Latin haedīnus ‘kidlike’, from haedus ‘kid, young goat’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *haidos.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*haidos‘goat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaedus‘kid, young goat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaedīnus‘kidlike’
- Englishearliest quotation 1914haedine
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*haidos‘goat’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaedus‘kid, young goat’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaedīnus‘kidlike’
- 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
Every English word from Proto-Italic *haidos
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