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hiate

hi·ate

Today it means: To gape; to cause a hiatus. Full definition →

Latin hiō

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Latin · learned borrowing fromhiō
Latin · learned borrowing fromhiō
English todayhiate

Learned borrowing from Latin hiō, hiāre, hiāvī, hiātum.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.