The story
- Old French · derived fromhelme
- Middle French · borrowed fromheaume
- English todayheaume
From Middle French heaume, from Old French helme. Doublet of helm.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
heaume
Today it means: A large helmet extended to and rested on the shoulders, worn in the 12th and 13th centuries: a great helm. Full definition →
Middle French heaume ← Old French helme