English
harras
Harras comes from Old French haras.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400haras
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘herd of stud horses, enclosure for a herd of stud horses’
- Englishearliest quotation 1882harras
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400haras
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form‘herd of stud horses, enclosure for a herd of stud horses’
- Englishearliest quotation 1882harras
Earliest quotation: 1882, William Alexander Abram, Preston guild merchant: “no Burgess of the said Town, neither inhabitant nor…”
Every English word from Old French haras
Today it means
noun A herd of horses.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French haras / harras