Etymograph

English

hatesome

Hatesome comes from Middle English hatesum ‘hateful, hatesome’, and goes back to hate.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hate1
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hatesum2‘hateful, hatesome’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2000hatesome2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Middle English hatesum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English hatesome
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2000, Tom Holland: “The floods are drained away, and there is nothing…”.

Earlier history not traced here. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hateWiktionary, Middle English hatesum
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hatesumWiktionary, English hatesome‘hateful, hatesome’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2000hatesomeWiktionary, English hatesome. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2000, Tom Holland: “The floods are drained away, and there is nothing…”

Formed from hate + -some

Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₂d- ‘angriness, hatred’

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Proto-Germanic *hatāną ‘to hate’

Proto-West Germanic *hatēn

Old English hatian ‘to hate’

Middle English haten

English hate

Linked words

through Middle English hate

hatred, hateful, 1 more

Today it means

adj Marked by hate; displaying or expressing hatred; hateful

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “hatesome”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Middle English hatesum. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Middle English hate / hatesome

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