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Where does “hod” come from?

Hod comes from Middle English hott, from Old French hotte, from Frankish hotta, of unknown ultimate origin.

hod (English): To bob up and down on horseback; jog; A...

Definitions

  1. To bob up and down on horseback; jog; A...

Ancestry of “hod”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhotHaving a high temperature; Causing the air to be...
2Middle Englishhot—
3Old Englishhāthot, fervent, fervid, fierce
4Old Englishhātanto promise; to command, promise; to command, call...
5Hungarian-anAdded to an adjective to create an adverb; Added...
6Hungarian-áUsed to form the third-person singular indicative...
7Proto-Uralic-i—

Words derived from “hod”

  • hodman
  • coalhod
  • hodder
  • hoddie
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