English Explanatory Dictionary

onde

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. envy; hatred; malice
  2. breath
verb
  1. To breathe; breathe on.

Word forms

onde ondes aand aind and ande aynd onding onded eand

Etymology

From Middle English onde, ande, from Old English onda, anda (“zeal, indignation, anger, malice, envy, hatred”), from Proto-West Germanic *anadō, from Proto-Germanic *anadô (“breath, spirit, zeal”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe, blow”). Cognate with Scots aynd, eind, end (“breath”), German Ahnd, And (“pain, anguish”), Danish ånd, ånde (“breath, spirit”), Swedish anda, ande (“spirit, breath”), Icelandic andi (“spirit”), Latin anima (“breath, spirit”). More at animal.

Synonyms

envy hatred breath

Derived words

in ande out of ande onding
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