Etymology

harras

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Today it means: A herd of horses. Full definition →

Middle English haras ← Old French haras
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The story

  1. Old French · derived fromharas
  2. Middle English · inherited fromharas“herd of stud horses, enclosure for a herd of stud horses”
  3. English todayharras

From Middle English haras (“herd of stud horses, enclosure for a herd of stud horses”), from Old French haras, haraz.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishharas all →

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