| 【hunt】 is a [English Root word(stem)] from the Old English word(s) "huntian," "hunta," "hentan," "henten," and "hinten." It carries the basic meaning of "hunt." |
[English words in the top 5000 most frequently used containing the root "hunt"]
hint **[4263] a small piece of information that helps you guess an answer or do something more easily
hunt ****[2172] If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.
[WORD ROOT]root hunt
[VARIATIONS OF ROOT] hunt, hint
[ETYMOLOGY]root (Old English) huntian, hunta, hentan, henten, hinten
[MEANING]root hunt
【DETAILs OF ORIGIN(ETYMOLOGY】
- 【Old English】 huntian chase game
- 【Old English】 hunta hunter
- 【Old English】 hentan [from Proto-Germanic *hantijan] to seize
- 【Old English】 henten [=hentan]
- 【Old English】 hinten [=hentan] to seize, grasp
Please see the Word information in detail as follows;
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hint ★★[4263] noun from hint
【DEFINITION】 ① a small piece of information that helps you guess an answer or do something more easily
② information about something given in an indirect way
③ a very small amount of something
【SYNONYM】 sign, sign, waxed, trace, tip, shadow, suggestion, suspicion, tips
【ROOTs】 hint(hunt); hint
【Etymology】 《Old English hentan》 [from Proto-Germanic *hantijan] to seize
【First Known Meaning】 an indirect suggestion intended to be caught by the knowing
【DERIVATIVEs】 hinter, hinting, hintingly, hint
hunt ★★★★[2172] verb from hunt
【DEFINITION】 If you hunt for something or someone, you try to find them by searching carefully or thoroughly.
【Declension/Conjugation】 hunted, hunted, hunting, hunts
【SYNONYM】 search, search
【ROOTs】 ⑴ hunt; hunt ⑵ hunt;
【Etymology】 《Old English huntian》 chase game
【First Known Meaning】 chase game
【DERIVATIVEs】 huntedly, hunt
[Other words containing "hunt"];
hunter [7857] a person who hunts wild animals
hunting the activity or sport of chasing and killing wild animals
[Others]: hinter, hunted, huntedly, huntsman, huntsmanship, manhunt
(※ Proto-Indo-European (PIE) is the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family. Its proposed features have been derived by linguistic reconstruction from documented Indo-European languages.)
【OTHER ROOTs; 】
humor, humid
hum
how
host-, hospit
horr-
hor-
hope
honor
homin, human
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