Etymology

haulm

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Today it means: The stems of various cultivated plants, left after harvesting the crop, which are used as animal food or litter, or for thatching. Full definition →

Middle English halm ← Old English healm ← Proto-Germanic *halmaz
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  1. Proto-Indo-European · inherited from*ḱolh₂mos
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*halmaz
  3. Old English · inherited fromhealm
  4. Middle English · inherited fromhalm
  5. English todayhaulm

From Middle English halm, from Old English healm, from Proto-Germanic *halmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱolh₂mos. Cognate with Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos) and Latin culmus. Doublet of French calame, calamus, culm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), and qalam.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishhalm all →

helm

Old Englishhealm all →

helm

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