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Where does “halètement” come from?

halètement (French) comes from French haleter, from French hâler, from Middle French haler, from Old French haler, from Dutch halen, from Middle Dutch halen, from Old Dutch halōn, from Proto-West Germanic halōn — to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot.

halètement (French): pant; puff

Definitions

  1. pant; puff

Ancestry of “halètement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhaleterto pant
2Frenchhâlerto tan; to catch a tan, to get a tan; to sunbathe
3Middle Frenchhaler—
4Old Frenchhalerto pull, haul; to haul, pull
5Dutchhalento fetch, to get; to reach , to catch; to make it
6Middle Dutchhalento drag, fetch, haul; to draw, fetch, haul
7Old Dutchhalōn—
8Proto-West Germanichalōnto fetch, to get, to haul
9Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot
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