Etymograph

English

hugeous

Hugeous comes from Middle English hugeous.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hugeous
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1503–1512same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hugeous
  2. Englishearliest quotation c. 1503–1512same form

Earliest quotation: c. 1503–1512, John Skelton, Ware the Hauke; republished in John Scattergood: “He made his hawke to fly, With hogeous showte…”

Formed from huge + -eous

Old French ahuge ‘high, lofty, great’

Middle English huge ‘huge’

English huge

Today it means

adj Huge.

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

Etymograph / Middle English hugeous / hugeous