English
onde
Onde comes from Middle English onde ‘Enmity, hostility, malice’, from Proto-West Germanic *anadō ‘spirit’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- ‘to breathe, blow’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enh₁-‘to breathe, blow’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*anadô‘breath, spirit, zeal’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*anadō‘spirit’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150onda‘zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500onde‘Enmity, hostility, malice’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enh₁-‘to breathe, blow’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*anadô‘breath, spirit, zeal’reconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*anadō‘spirit’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150onda‘zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500onde‘Enmity, hostility, malice’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- ‘to breathe, blow’
animal, anime, asthma, unanimous, inhale, animosity, animate, animator, anima, animus, prana, anemone, exhalation, 19 more
through Proto-Germanic *anadô ‘breath, spirit, zeal’
Today it means
noun envy; hatred; malice
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- / onde