haste

English

/heɪst/

noun
Definitions
  • Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
  • (obsolete) Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English hasten, hast (haste) borrowed from Old French haste borrowed from Frankish *hai(f)st, *haifsti (violence, haste) inherited from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (struggle, conflict, violence) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (anger, ridicule, mock).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱeyp-

Gloss

anger, ridicule, mock

Concept
Semantic Field

Emotions and values

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Kanji

Emoji
😠

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