Etymograph

English

haut

Haut comes from Old French haut ‘high (elevated)’, and goes back to Frankish *hauh.

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*hauhreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaltus‘high, tall’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400haut‘high (elevated)’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  5. Englishearliest quotation c. 1515–1516same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Frankishc. 250–700*hauhreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaltus‘high, tall’
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400haut‘high (elevated)’
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  5. Englishearliest quotation c. 1515–1516same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton: “My ſcole is more ſolem and ſomwhat more haute”.

Linked words

through Latin altus ‘high, tall’

altitude, alt, altar, alto, exalt, altimeter, 13 more

through Old French haut ‘high (elevated)’

haughty, 4 more

Today it means

adj Haughty.

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

Etymograph / Frankish *hauh / haut

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