Meanings
onde1
plural ondes · alternative aand · alternative aind · alternative and · alternative ande · alternative aynd
onde2
present singular third person ondes · participle present onding · participle past onded · past onded · alternative ande · alternative aind · alternative eand
- dialectalintransitiveobsoleteTo breathe; breathe on.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounbreath
Origin
onde · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂enh₁-“to breathe, blow”
- Proto-Germanic*anadô“breath, spirit, zeal”
- Proto-West Germanic*anadō
- Old Englishonda
- Middle Englishonde
- Englishonde
From Middle English onde, ande, from Old English onda, anda (“zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadō, from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Scots aynd, eind, end (“breath”), German Ahnd, And (“pain, anguish”), Danish ånd, ånde (“breath, spirit”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Latin anima (“breath, spirit”). More at animal.
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- Old Norseanda“to breathe”
- Middle Englishonden
- Englishonde
From Middle English onden (Northern dialect ande), from Old Norse anda (“to breathe”).
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onde. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onde
“onde.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onde. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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