English
hatesome
Hatesome comes from Middle English hatesum ‘hateful, hatesome’, and goes back to hate.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hate
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hatesum‘hateful, hatesome’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000hatesome
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hate
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hatesum‘hateful, hatesome’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000hatesome
Earliest quotation: 2000, Tom Holland: “The floods are drained away, and there is nothing…”
Formed from hate + -some
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
Linked words
through Middle English hate
Today it means
adj Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hate / hatesome