Etymology

hooly

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Today it means: Holy. Full definition →

Middle English holi ← Old English hāliġ
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromhāliġ
  2. Middle English · inherited fromholi
  3. English todayhooly

From Middle English holi, from Old English hāliġ, hāleġ.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhāliġ all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.