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haulm

Meaningstalk

Common meaning: stems or stalks of crops

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishhealm‘stalk’sourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishmeaning shiftsstalk → strawhalm‘straw’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsstraw → stems or stalks of cropshaulm‘stems or stalks of crops’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Old English healm ‘stalk’.

Roots

  • healm Old English “stalk”

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