Hatred — definition, etymology, and first known use
Directly identifies the non-color suffix.
Etymology: -rede, state or quality, from Old English -ræden- AUTHOR / EDITOR
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- 2026
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PERMANENT DISPUTE RECORD
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No. Middle English -rede / -reden continues Old English -ræden, a suffixal or affixoid element denoting state, condition, or quality.
/ˈheɪtrɪd/ · noun
A Middle English formation built from hate plus the fossilized native condition suffix -rede / -reden, with a secure Germanic hate family but a semantically difficult and explicitly disputed deeper Indo-European proposal.
DIRECT CLAIM EVIDENCE
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Directly identifies the non-color suffix.
Etymology: -rede, state or quality, from Old English -rædenDocuments the productive construction behind the relic.
pp. 96–97: X-RÆDEN condition schemaThe graph gives the second component its own cited lineage and never connects it to the color word.