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high

/ˈhaɪ/HIGH
/ˈhaɪ/HIGH

Meaninglofty

Common meaning: tall

Other meanings: far up

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√KUK‘bend, bow out’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 76, p. 732 · scan
  2. Old EnglishheahsourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishheighsource
  4. Englishhigh‘tall’ · 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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English heah ‘lofty’.

Roots

  • heah Old English “lofty”

Related words

height

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