Etymology

hated

hat·ed
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Today it means: Disliked; odious; reviled. Full definition →

Middle English hated ← Old English hatod ← Proto-Germanic *hatadaz
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  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hatadaz“hated”
  2. Old English · inherited fromhatod
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhated
  4. English todayhated

From Middle English hated, from Old English hatod, ġehatod (“hated”, past participle), from Proto-Germanic *hatadaz (“hated”), equivalent to hate + -ed. Cognate with Saterland Frisian haated, hoated (“hated”), Dutch gehaat (“hated”), German Low German haat (“hated”), German gehasst (“hated”), Swedish hatad (“hated”), Icelandic hataður (“hated”).

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