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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
HALT.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893 |
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HALT (1),
lame. (E.) M.E. halt, Havelok, 543.—A.S.
healt, Northumb. halt, Luke, xiv. 21. + Icel. haltr. + Du. halt.
+ Swed. halt. + Goth. halts. + O.H.G. halz.
Root uncertain. Der. halt, verb = M.E. halten, A.S. healtian
(Ps. xvii. 47); halt-ing, halt-ing-ly. ¶
For halt = stop! see Addenda. ADDENDA HALT
(2), as sb., a sudden
stop; as a verb, to stop quickly at the word of command. (Ital.,—G.)
'And in their march soon made a halt;' Sir W. Davenant, The Dream, st.
19. A military term. Dr. Murray says it fist came in as
an Ital. term, without initial h; and Richardson quotes the form alt
from Milton, P. L. vi. 532, where mod. editions have halt.—Ital.
alto; as in fare alto, to make a halt, to stop.—G.
halt, halt! lit. hold! from halten, to hold, check, cognate with
E. Hold (1), q.v. The word
has passed, from G., into several languages.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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