Etymology

hight

H4I1G2H4T1

Today it means: To call, name. Full definition →

Middle English highten ← Old English hātan
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hight · verb, adjective1

  1. Old English · derived fromhēht
  2. Old English · derived fromhātan
  3. Middle English · derived fromhighten
  4. English todayhight

From Middle English highten, variant of hoten (“to name, to be named”), from Old English hātan. The stem of the word was remodelled by analogy with the simple past form hight, from Old English hēht. Cognate with Scots hecht, Dutch heten, German heißen, etc.

hight · noun2

See height

Hight · proper noun3

English topographic surname, from the noun height. Compare Haight.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhātan all →

hest

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