Hood Definition
Origin of Hood
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Middle English, from Old English hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoed, German Hut), from Sarmato-Scythian *xauda (“hat”) (compare Avestan [script?] (xaoda), Old Persian [script?] (xaudā)), from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). More at hat.
From Wiktionary
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From Old English -hād, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz, via Middle English -hode (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, Dutch -heid, Swedish -het, Norwegian -het/-heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Norwegian and Danish endings are borrowed from West Germanic.
From Wiktionary
ME -had, -hod < OE had, order, condition, quality, rank, akin to Ger -heit < IE *(s)kāit-, bright, gleaming: basic sense “appearance by which known”
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
Middle English -hed, -hode from Old English -hǣdu, -hād
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
African American Vernacular English short for neighborhood
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English hod from Old English hōd
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Short for hoodlum
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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