Etymology

hest

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Today it means: Command, injunction. Full definition →

Middle English heste ← Old English hǣs
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  1. Old English · derived fromhātan
  2. Old English · inherited fromhǣs“command”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhes
  4. Middle English · inherited fromheste
  5. English todayhest

From Middle English heste, alteration of Middle English hes, from Old English hǣs (“command”). Akin to Old English hātan "to command". More at hight.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishhes all →

his

Old Englishhǣs all →

Heston

Old Englishhātan all →

hight

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.