English
hest
Hest comes from Old English hǣs ‘command’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hǣs‘command’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hes
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hestealteration of hes
- Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611hest
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150hǣs‘command’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hes
- Middle English, derivedc. 1150–1500hestealteration of hes
- Englishearliest quotation 1610–1611hest
Earliest quotation: 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest: “[T]hou [Ariel] vvaſt a Spirit too delicate / To…”
Linked words
through Middle English hes
Today it means
noun Command, injunction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English hǣs / hest