c. 1500 hyvis "itchy condition of the skin," origin unknown. Some writers connect it with heave because hives erupt out from the skin, but the phonetics of that are difficult to explain.
hitman
hit-or-miss
Hittite
HIV
hive
hives
hmm
ho
hoagie
hoar
hoard
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