English
ide
Ide comes from French ide ‘ide (fish)’, from Latin idus ‘the ides’, and ultimately from Swedish id.
- Swedishmodernid
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEidus‘the ides’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentide‘ide (fish)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Swedishmodernid
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEidus‘the ides’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentide‘ide (fish)’
- Englishearliest quotation 1989same form
Earliest quotation: 1989, Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala: “a pike says to the pike-folk / a whitefish…”
Linked words
through Swedish id
through Latin idus ‘the ides’
Today it means
noun A freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae, found across northern Europe and Asia, especially Leuciscus idus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Swedish id / ide