Adjective the frog's long hind legs the hawk's reddish hind feathers
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German hinta hind, Greek kemas young deer
Noun (2)
Middle English hine servant, farmhand, from Old English hīna, genitive of hīwan, plural, members of a household; akin to Old High German hīwo spouse, Latin civis fellow citizen
Adjective
Middle English, probably back-formation from Old English hinder, adverb, behind; akin to Old High German hintar, preposition, behind
First Known Use
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1