Hole
/hoʊl/noun
An opening, cavity, or hollow place in a surface or object.
Did you know?Its deepest ancestry links to Proto-Indo-European *kel-*, a root tied to concealment and covering, which also gave English words like “hell” and “cell.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*kel-
“to cover, conceal”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hula-
“a hollow, cavity”
Old English
OE
hol
“a hollow place, cavity, or depression”
Middle English
ME
hole
“a hollow place, opening, or cavity”
Modern English
English
hole
“an opening or cavity in a surface or object”