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HATE (v.) O.E. hatian "to hate," from P.Gmc. *hatojanan (cf. O.S. haton, O.N. hata, Ger. hassen, Goth. hatan "to hate"), from PIE base *kad- "sorrow, hatred" (cf. Avestan sadra- "grief, sorrow, calamity," Gk. kedos "care, trouble, sorrow," Welsh cas "pain, anger"). Related: Hated; hating. French haine (n.), hair (v.) are Germanic. Hate crime attested from 1988.

HATE (n.) O.E. hete "hatred, spite," from P.Gmc. *hatis- (cf. O.N. hattr, O.Fris. hat, Du. haat, O.H.G. has, Ger. Hass, Goth. hatis; see hate (v.)). Altered in M.E. to conform with the verb. Hate mail is first attested 1967.

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