English
healsome
Healsome comes from Scots hailsome ‘healthy’, and goes back to hail.
- Scotsc. 1450–presenthail
- Scots, derivedc. 1450–presenthailsome‘healthy’
- Englishtodayhealsome
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Scotsc. 1450–presenthail
- Scots, derivedc. 1450–presenthailsome‘healthy’
- Englishtodayhealsome
Formed from heal + -some
Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos ‘healthy, whole’
Proto-Germanic *hailijaną ‘to heal, make whole, save’
Proto-West Germanic *hailijan ‘to heal, cure’
Old English hǣlan ‘to heal, cure, save, greet, salute’
Middle English helen ‘to cure, heal’
English heal
The story
Anglicised variant of Scots hailsome, equivalent to heal + -some.
Every English word from Scots hail
Today it means
adj Wholesome; healthful.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Scots hail / healsome