Etymology

healand

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Today it means: One who heals or saves; a saviour. Full definition →

Middle English healend ← Old English hǣlend
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhǣlend“Jesus”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromhealend
  3. English todayhealand

From Middle English healend, from Old English hǣlend (“Jesus”, literally “healer or savior”), equivalent to heal + -and. Cognate with Dutch Heiland (“Saviour, Christ”), German Heiland (“Saviour, Redeemer”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.