Where does “hautain” come from?

hautain (Dutch) comes from French hautain, from Old French altaigne — haughty, supercilious.

hautain (Dutch): haughty, supercilious

Definitions

  1. haughty, supercilious

Ancestry of “hautain”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhautainhaughty, supercilious
2Old Frenchaltaignehaughty, supercilious
Every word from Old French altaigne →Every word from French hautain →
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