hault
Middle French
adj
Definitions
- high; high up
- (figuratively) high; elevated
Etymology
Inherited from Old French haut (high) inherited from Latin altus (high, raised, profound, deep, lofty, tall, grown big, deep-rooted) derived from Frankish *hauh.
Origin
Frankish
*hauh
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Haltemprice English
- alt English
- altimeter English
- altiscope English
- altisonant English
- altometer English
- altophobia English
- haught English
- haut English
- hautpas English
- *altiāre Latin
- *altiāre, *altio Latin
- *altiō Latin
- *inaltiō Latin
- alte Latin
- altio Latin
- altispinosus Latin
- altispinus Latin
- altissimus Latin
- altithorax Latin
- altitia Latin
- altitudo Latin
- altiāre Latin
- alto Latin
- altus Latin
- altāre Latin
- altītia Latin
- exalto Latin
- praealtus Latin
- Alt German
- altana Italian
- altero Italian
- alto Italian
- haut French
- hautain French
- hautbois French
- hautement French
- hauteur French
- alto Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eltós Proto-Indo-European
- *kewk- Proto-Indo-European
- alt Norwegian Bokmål
- haute Middle English
- halt Old French
- hault Old French
- hault, halt, haut Old French
- haut Old French
- alta Esperanto
- alt Catalan, Valencian
- outón Galician
- înalt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- haout Norman
- alto Old Portuguese
- outo Old Portuguese
- analtu Aromanian
- aut Occitan
- naut Occitan
- ault Romansh
- aut Romansh
- ot Romansh
- òlt Romansh
- altu Asturian
- alt Friulian
- *hauh Frankish
- oto Old Spanish
- âto Ligurian
- alto Ladino
- wo Haitian, Haitian Creole
- ot Mauritian Creole
- aut Ladin
- artu Sardinian
- auto Neapolitan
- artu Extremaduran