English
hault
Hault comes from Old French hault.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400hault
- Englishearliest quotation 1567same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400hault
- Englishearliest quotation 1567same form
Earliest quotation: 1567, Ovid, The Twelfth Booke: “Ixions sonnes, who was so stout of courage and…”
Every English word from Old French hault
Today it means
adj Lofty; haughty.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French hault / hault