Etymograph

English

hotlist

From hot + list.

A compound of hot + list

Proto-Indo-European *keHy- ‘to heat; to become hot’

Proto-Germanic *haitaz ‘hot’

Proto-West Germanic *hait

Old English hāt ‘hot’

Middle English hot

English hot

Middle English lī̆st ‘band’

English list

Today it means

noun A list of items of special interest (such as highest priority, likelihood, risk, or otherwise).

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

Etymograph / hotlist