hate

Meanings

Noun

• An object of hatred.
• Hatred.
• Negative feedback, abusive behaviour.

Verb

• To dislike intensely or greatly.
• To experience hatred.

Origin

• From Middle English hate, probably from Old English hatian and/or Old Norse hatr. Merged with Middle English hete, hæte, heate, from Old English hete, from Proto-Germanic *hataz ("hatred, hate"), from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂d- ("strong emotion"). Cognate with West Frisian haat, Dutch haat, German Hass, Norwegian and Swedish hat.
• The verb is from Middle English haten, from Old English hatian ("to hate, treat as an enemy"), from Proto-Germanic *hatāną ("to hate"), from Proto-Germanic *hataz, from the same root as above.