From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Swedish het (“hot”), Icelandic heitur (“hot”). Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).

*keHy- Proto-Indo-European hot Middle English hāt Old English *hait Proto-West Germanic *haitaz Proto-Germanic

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# hot

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /hɑt/
**IPA (UK):** /hɒt/
**Frequency rank:** 538

## Meanings
1. Very recent and exciting; in great demand.
2. Carrying electric current; live.
3. Recently stolen and difficult to sell safely.
4. Having a high level of dangerous radioactivity.

## Examples
- This is the hottest new restaurant in town.
- Be careful, that wire is hot.
- The police suspected the jewellery was hot.
- Workers handle the hot fuel rods with great care.

## Synonyms
- choleric
- heated

## Antonyms
- chilled
- chilly
- cold
- freezing
- frigid
- glacial
- ice-cold
- icy
- wintry

## Derived Forms
- boiling-hot
- crash-hot
- egg-hot
- egghot
- firehot
- foothot
- full-hot
- hot-and-hot
- hot-blooded
- hot-brain
- hot-brained
- hot-button

## Related Forms
- sexy
- spicy

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *keHy-
- Root: hot
- Root: hāt
- Root: *hait
- Root: *haitaz

## Etymology
From Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Swedish het (“hot”), Icelandic heitur (“hot”). Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”).

## AI Etymology
Hot comes from Middle English hot, hat, from Old English hāt (“hot”), from Proto-West Germanic *hait, from Proto-Germanic *haitaz (“hot”), from Proto-Indo-European *keHy- (“hot; to heat”). Cognate with Scots hate, hait (“hot”), North Frisian hiet (“hot”), Saterland Frisian heet (“hot”), West Frisian hjit (“hot”), Dutch heet (“hot”), German Low German heet (“hot”), German heiß (“hot”), Danish hed (“hot”), Swedish het (“hot”), Icelandic heitur (“hot”). Superseded non-native Middle English chaud, from Old French chaut (“hot”); and early Modern English calent, from Latin calēns (“hot”). In current use, the main senses are “Very recent and exciting; in great demand” and “Carrying electric current; live”.

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