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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1150, Roman de Thèbes}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA: /ɛn/^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''haine''' ''f'' (plural haines)^(Wiktionary)
+ [[fro|haïne]] (about 1150), ''hayne'' (1283, Beaumanoir), ''haine'' (about 1360, Froissart); the ''h'' is aspirated.^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is derived from [[haïr]] with the suffix “-ine”,^(TLFi)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Littré 1873) like “saisine” from “saisir”; the TLFi also allows a Vulgar Latin “*hatina” formed on the Germanic stem “hat-”.^(TLFi)^(Littré 1873) The verb is from [[frk|*hatjan]], of the same family as [[de|hassen]] and [[en|hate]].^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) Wiktionary takes the noun from Frankish “*hati”.^(Wiktionary) Old French also had “haür” and “haenge”.^(Littré 1873)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The ''Roman de Thèbes'' (about 1150) has ''haïne'' for deep ill will towards a person or aversion to a thing.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ The meaning has been stable from the start: a violent feeling that makes one wish harm to someone (Daudet: ''La haine, c'est la colère des faibles'') and a deep aversion to something (''la haine du mensonge'').^(TLFi)^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007) ''En haine de'' (Corneille, 1644–1660) is now giving way to ''par haine de''.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi) In the 1980s ''avoir la haine'' “to be furious” and the exclamation ''la haine !'' expressed social resentment.^(DHLF 1992) Derivatives are ''haineux'' (1155), ''haïssable'' (1569) and ''haïsseur'' (1566).^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 1150 – ''Haïne'' in the ''Roman de Thèbes''.^(TLFi)
+ * 1155 – ''Haïnus''.^(DHLF 1992)
+ * 1283 – ''Hayne'' in Beaumanoir.^(GLLF 1989)
+ * c. 1360 – ''Haine'' in Froissart.^(GLLF 1989)
+ * 1569 – ''Haïssable''.^(DHLF 1992)
+ * 1644 – ''En haine de'' in Corneille.^(DHLF 1992)
+ * 1980s – ''Avoir la haine''.^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|hatred|alt=Hatred]], hate: ''éprouver de la haine pour qqn'', ''prendre qqn en haine''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)
+ # Deep aversion: ''la haine de la guerre''.^(GLLF 1989)^(Petit Robert 2007)
+ # ''(slang)'' ''Avoir la haine'': to be furious, full of resentment.^(DHLF 1992)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[haineux]]
+ * [[haineusement]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[haïr]]
+ * [[haïssable]]
+ * [[en|hate]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}