- raid (n.)
- early 15c., "military expedition on horseback," Scottish and northern English form of rade "a riding, journey," from Old English rad "a riding" (see road). The word died out by 17c., but was revived by Scott, 1805 ("The Lay of the Last Minstrel") and 1818 ("Rob Roy"), with extended sense of "attack, foray."
- raid (v.)
- 1864, in a U.S. Civil War context, from raid (n.). Related: Raided; raiding.