Where does “hire” come from?
Hire derives from Middle English hure, Old English huru, Proto-Germanic hauzijaną, and Proto-Indo-European kāro-, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root ker-.
hire (English): Payment for the temporary use of something;...
Definitions
- Payment for the temporary use of something;...
Ancestry of “hire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hire | Third-person singular feminine genitive... |
| 2 | Old English | hire | genitive/dative of hēo |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hezōi | dative singular feminine of *hiz |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *hiz | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 6 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 7 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 8 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |