Hide Definition
- A trace; a vestige:
haven't seen hide nor hair of them since the argument.
- nothing whatsoever
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Hide
- hide nor hair
- neither hide nor hair
Origin of Hide
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From Middle English hiden, huden, from Old English hȳdan (“to hide, conceal, preserve”), from Proto-Germanic *hūdijaną (“to conceal”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keudh- (“to cover, wrap, encase”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu- (“to cover”). Cognate with Low German (ver)hüden, (ver)hüen (“to hide, cover, conceal”), Welsh cuddio (“to hide”), Ancient Greek κεύθω (keúthô, “to conceal”), Sanskrit [script?] (kuharam, “a cave”). Related to hut and sky.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English hide, from Old English hīd, hȳd, hīġed, hīġid (“a measure of land”), for earlier *hīwid (“the amount of land needed to support one family”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hīwaz, *hīwō (“relative, fellow-lodger, family”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱei- (“to lie with, store, be familiar”). Related to Old English hīwisc (“hide of land, household”), Old English hīwan (“members of a family, household”). More at hewe, hind.
From Wiktionary
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From Old English hȳd, from Proto-Germanic *hūdiz (cf. West Frisian hûd, Dutch huid, German Haut), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu-t- 'skin, hide' (cf. Welsh cwd (“scrotum”), Latin cutis (“skin”), Lithuanian kutys (“purse, money-belt”), Ancient Greek κύτος (kýtos, “hollow vessel”), σκῦτος (skŷtos, “cover, hide”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keu-, 'to cover'. More at sky.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English hiden from Old English hȳdan (s)keu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old English hȳd (s)keu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English from Old English hīd kei- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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