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Where does “hue” come from?

hue (French) comes from French huer, from Middle French huer, from Old French huer, from Old Norse huta — to shout, make a noise.

hue (French): yah!, cry to make working animal etc. advance or...

Definitions

  1. yah!, cry to make working animal etc. advance or...

Ancestry of “hue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchhuerto boo
2Middle Frenchhuerto cry out
3Old Frenchhuerto cry out
4Old Norsehutato shout, make a noise
Every word from Old Norse huta →