Etymograph

English

self-hate

From self- + hate.

Formed from self- + hate

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

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

Today it means

noun The hatred or loathing of oneself.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-hate”. 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.

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