The story
- Latin · derived fromhasta“spear”
- Anglo-Norman · derived fromhastilet“roast meat”
- Middle English · inherited fromhastelet
- English todayhaslet
Inherited from Middle English hastelet, from Anglo-Norman hastilet (“roast meat”), diminutive of haste (“spear, spit, roast meat”), from Latin hasta (“spear”).
Words from the same roots
Latinhasta all →
hasta
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.