Etymology

Hogmanay

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Scots Hogmanay ← Old French aguillanneuf
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  1. Old French · derived fromaguillanneuf“last day of the year”
  2. Scots · borrowed fromHogmanay
  3. English todayHogmanay

From Scots Hogmanay, probably from Old French aguillanneuf (“last day of the year”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.