Etymograph

English

ahigh

Ahigh comes from Middle English a-high ‘high up, on top (of sth.)’.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500a-high‘high up, on top (of sth.)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1592ahigh

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500a-high‘high up, on top (of sth.)’
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1592ahigh

Earliest quotation: c. 1592, William Shakespeare, Richard III: “One heaved a-high to be hurled down below”.

Equivalent to a- + high

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Every English word from Middle English a-high

Today it means

adv on high

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Middle English a-high / ahigh

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