English

hoodrat

From hood + rat.

A compound of hood + rat

Proto-Germanic *hōdaz ‘shelter’

Proto-West Germanic *hōd

Old English hōd

Middle English hood ‘a hood as a symbol of rank’

English hood

Proto-Germanic *rattaz

Proto-West Germanic *ratt

Old English ræt

Middle English raat

English rat

Today it means

noun A sexually promiscuous woman.

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