hood

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A part of a coat or jacket that covers your head.

   She pulled up her hood when it started to rain.

2. 2
   noun

   The metal cover over the engine of a car.

   He opened the hood to check the engine.

3. 3
   noun

   A neighborhood, especially in informal speech.

   He grew up in a tough hood on the east side.

From Middle English hood, hod, from Old English hōd, from Proto-West Germanic *hōd, from Proto-Germanic *hōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European *kadʰ- (“to cover”). See also Saterland Frisian Houd (“hat; hood”), West Frisian/Dutch hoed (“hat”), Cimbrian huat, huut (“hat”), German Hut (“hat”), German Low German Hood (“hat; hood”), Luxembourgish Hutt (“hat”); also Proto-Iranian *xawdaH (“hat”) (Avestan 𐬑𐬂𐬛𐬀 (xåda), Old Persian 𐎧𐎢𐎭 (x-u-d /⁠xaudā⁠/)). More at hat.

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