Hid
/hɪd/noun
Simple past tense and past participle of hide, meaning to put or keep out of sight.
Did you know?Hid is the past form of Old English hȳdan, and it descends from the same Germanic root as hide, which originally meant to conceal or cover something from view.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hūdijaną
“to hide, conceal”
Old English
OE
hȳdan
“to hide, conceal, cover over”
Middle English
ME
hiden
“to hide, conceal”
Modern English
English
hide
“to put or keep out of sight”
Modern English
English
hid
“past tense and past participle of hide”