hale

hale · adjective¹

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hailaz“whole; entire; healthy”
2. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*hail
3. Old English · inherited fromhāl
4. Northern Middle English · inherited fromhal
5. English todayhale

From Northern Middle English hal, hale, variants of hole (“healthy; safe; whole”, whence whole), from Old English hāl, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole; entire; healthy”). See whole for more.

hale · noun²

1. Middle English · inherited fromhale
2. English todayhale

From Middle English hale, an alteration of hele (“health”) after Etymology 1. Cognate with Scots hale (“health”), German Heil (“salvation, well-being”).

hale · verb³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kelH-“to lift”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*halōną
3. Old Dutch · derived from*halon
4. Middle English · derived fromhalen
5. English todayhale

From Middle English halen, from Anglo-Norman haler, from Old Dutch *halon (compare Dutch halen), from Proto-Germanic *halōną (compare Old English ġeholian, West Frisian helje, German holen), from Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to lift”) (compare Latin ex-cellō (“to surpass”), Tocharian B käly- (“to stand, stay”), Albanian qell (“to halt, hold up, carry”), Lithuanian kélti (“to raise up”), Ancient Greek κελέων (keléōn, “upright beam on a loom”)). Doublet of haul.

Hale · proper noun⁴

* As an English surname, Old English dative form of halh (“hollow, nook”). * Also as an English surname, from Old English hæle (“hero”). Compare Hain. * As an Irish surname, from mac céile; see McHale. * As a Jewish surname, variant of Halle.

HALE · adjective⁵

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