Where does “hasty” come from?

Hasty comes from Middle English hasty, likely from Old French hastif meaning "quick" or "vehement," though the ultimate origin remains uncertain.

hasty (English): acting in haste; being too hurried or quick

Definitions

  1. acting in haste; being too hurried or quick

Ancestry of “hasty”, step by step

hasty traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Norman French Asketin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Norman FrenchAsketin—
2Old NorseÁsketill—

via Middle English hasty

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhasty—

Words derived from “hasty”

Every word from Old Norse Ásketill →Every word from Norman French Asketin →