Lids
/lɪdz/noun
Plural of lid: a cover or top that closes or protects something.
Did you know?The word ultimately traces back to Old English hlid, meaning a cover or gate, and the same ancient root also gave English words like lid and likely links to ideas of closing and concealment across Germanic languages.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*klei-
“to lean, slope, or incline; a root associated with coverings and closure in later Germanic forms”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*hlīdą
“a covering, lid, or lid-like cover”
Old English
OE
hlid
“a cover, lid, or gate”
Middle English
ME
lid
“a cover for a vessel or opening”
Modern English
English
lids
“plural of lid; covers or tops that close something”