English

highdea

Blend of high + idea

A blend of high + idea

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to know; see’

Ancient Greek εἴδω ‘to see’

Ancient Greek ἰδέα ‘notion, pattern’

Latin idea ‘a (Platonic) idea; archetype’

English idea

Today it means

noun An idea that a person thinks up while under the influence of a mood-altering drug.

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