Where does “haste” come from?

haste (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese hasta, from Latin hasta, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰast- — rod; pole; bar; switch.

haste (Portuguese): pole; stem, stalk

Definitions

  1. pole; stem, stalk

Ancestry of “haste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesehastaspear; auction
2Latinhastaa spear, lance, pike, carried by soldiers and...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰast-rod; pole; bar; switch

Words derived from “haste”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰast- →Every word from Latin hasta →Every word from Portuguese hasta →
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