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ides

Pronunciation: /ˈi.des/

“ides” is an Old English word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. woman, lady; queen
  2. virgin, young lady

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *idisi, potentially from Proto-Indo-European *h₂idʰ-és- (“fire, flame, burning”). Cognate with Old Saxon idis and Old High German itis. According to Jacob Grimm it is also cognate with Old Norse dís ("goddess"), but this is heavily debated.

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