had
The origin and history of had.
Etymology
This word came from Middle English hadde (preterite) and yhad (past participle), from Old English hæfde (first and third person singular preterite) and ġehæfd (past participle), from Proto-Germanic *habdaz, the past and past participle stem of *habjaną ("to have"); it is equivalent to have + -ed. It is cognate with Dutch had, German hatte, Swedish hade, and Icelandic hafði.
