Etymology

Lide

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Middle English Lyde ← Old English hlȳda
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Lide · proper noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromhlȳda
  2. Middle English · inherited fromLyde
  3. English todayLide

Inherited from Middle English Lyde, from Old English hlȳda, from hlȳdan (“to make noise”) + -a (agentive suffix), literally “noise-maker”; thus the only Germanic month name to survive in Modern English. Compare loud, and more distantly listen, slave.

Lide · proper noun2

From the German surname, possibly Americanized from Leid.

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