Etymograph

English

hate

Hate comes from Old English hatian ‘to hate’, from Proto-Germanic *hatāną, from *hataz ‘hate’, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱeh₂d-‘angriness, hatred’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hataz‘hate’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hatāną‘to hate’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hatēnreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150hatian‘to hate’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500haten
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1997hate

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱeh₂d-‘angriness, hatred’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hataz‘hate’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hatāną‘to hate’reconstructed
  4. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*hatēnreconstructed
  5. Old Englishc. 450–1150hatian‘to hate’
  6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500haten
  7. Englishearliest quotation 1997hate

Earliest quotation: 1997, Popular Science: “People who hate broccoli may have super-sensitive taste buds.”

The story

Merged with Middle English het, hete (‘hate’), from Old English hete, from Proto-West Germanic *hati, from Proto-Germanic *hataz (‘hate’), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- (‘angriness, hatred’).

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *hataz

hatred

Today it means

noun An object of hatred.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- / hate

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