Etymograph

English

humet

Humet may come from Old French heaumet.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400heaumetuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1725humet

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400heaumetuncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1725humet

Earliest quotation: 1725, James Coats, A New Dictionary of Heraldry: “[...] who take their Name from Hameyde, one of…”

The story

The OED speculates that it might derive from Old French heaumet (whence helmet), a diminutive of heaume (‘helm’) supposedly applied to the bar of it; however, compare the early (1600s) use of humet for a slab of stone or tombstone.

Every English word from Old French heaumet

Today it means

noun A fesse or bar cut off short at each end.

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

Etymograph / Old French heaumet / humet

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