had
English
/hæd/
verb form
Definitions
- (auxiliary)
- (auxiliary) As past subjunctive: would have.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hadde inherited from Old English hæfde inherited from Proto-Germanic *habd- suffix from English have.
Origin
English
have
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- behave English
- chave English
- hadn't English
- has English
- hast English
- hath English
- havable English
- have English
- haveless English
- haven't English
- havenae English
- havest English
- mishave English
- haben German
- haver Portuguese
- *habd- Proto-Germanic
- hæfde Old English
- hadde Middle English
- haven Middle English
- havi Esperanto
- abi Sranan Tongo