English
hispid
Hispid comes from Latin hispidus ‘rough, hairy, bristly’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰers-‘to bristle’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhispidus‘rough, hairy, bristly’
- Englishearliest quotation 1648hispid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰers-‘to bristle’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhispidus‘rough, hairy, bristly’
- Englishearliest quotation 1648hispid
Earliest quotation: 1648, Robert Herrick, To His Honoured Friend, M. John Weare, Councellour: “Sooner the in-ſide of thy hand ſhall grovv /…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- ‘to bristle’
Today it means
adj Covered in short, stiff hairs.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- / hispid