Where does “hoten” come from?
hoten (Middle English) comes from Old English hātan, from Hungarian -an, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
hoten (Middle English): to command, enjoin; to promise; to be called, be...
Definitions
- to command, enjoin; to promise; to be called, be...
Ancestry of “hoten”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old English | hātan | to promise; to command, promise; to command, call... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -an | Added to an adjective to create an adverb; Added... |
| 3 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |
Words derived from “hoten”