English
hors categorie
Hors categorie comes from French hors catégorie.
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthors catégorieliterally ‘beyond category’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005hors categorie
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthors catégorieliterally ‘beyond category’
- Englishearliest quotation 2005hors categorie
Earliest quotation: 2005, Max Wooldridge, Stages fright: “Ahead of me was the legendary Col de Tourmalet—at…”
The story
Borrowed from French hors catégorie (literally “beyond category”).
Every English word from French hors catégorie
Today it means
noun The toughest category of climbs, tougher than category 1. One of six categories of climbs, HC, 1, 2, 3, 4, and not classified; not classified being the easiest.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French hors catégorie / hors categorie