hood

hood · noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kadʰ-“to cover”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hōdaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hōd
4. Old English · inherited fromhōd
5. Middle English · inherited fromhood
6. English todayhood

From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian and Dutch hoed (“hat”), Cimbrian huat, huut (“hat”), German Hut (“hat”), German Low German Hood (“hat; hood”), Luxembourgish Hutt (“hat”); also Proto-Iranian *xawdaH (“hat”) (Avestan 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀 (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (x-u-d /⁠xaudā⁠/)). More at hat.

hood · noun²

Clipping of hoodlum.

hood · adjective, noun³

Clipping of neighborhood; compare nabe.

hood · noun⁴

Clipping of hoodie, influenced by existing sense “hoodlum”.

Hood · proper noun⁵

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the noun hood. * Also as an English surname, from the Middle English name Hode, a variant of Ode or Odd with prosthetic H-, see Ott, Oates, and also compare Hodson. * Also as an English and Scottish surname, variant of Hudd. * As an Irish surname, Anglicized from Ó hUid (“descendant of Ud”). Compare Mahood. * As a French surname, Americanized from Houde.

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