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- Englishplace
- Proto-Germanic*haldaną
- Proto-West Germanic*haldan
- Old Englishhealdan
- Middle Englishholden
- Englishhold
- Englishholder
- English todayplaceholder
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: Something used or included temporarily or as a substitute for something that is not known or must remain generic; that which holds, denotes or reserves a place for something to come later. Full definition →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.