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hest

Meaningcommand

Common meaning: command or instruction

Journey through time

  1. Old Englishhǣs‘command’source
  2. Middle Englishheste‘command’source
  3. Englishhest‘command or instruction’ · 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 hǣs ‘command’.

Roots

  • hǣs Old English “command”

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