English
hater
Hater comes from Middle English hatere.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hatere
- Englishearliest quotation 1976hater
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hatere
- Englishearliest quotation 1976hater
Earliest quotation: 1976, Harry R. Boer, A Short History of the Early Church: “In addition to the basic charge that Christians were…”
Formed from hate + -er
Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- ‘angriness, hatred’
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Proto-Germanic *hatāną ‘to hate’
Proto-West Germanic *hatēn
Old English hatian ‘to hate’
Middle English haten
English hate
Every English word from Middle English hatere
Today it means
noun One who hates.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hatere / hater