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Where does “hailsome” come from?

hailsome (Scots) comes from Scots -some, from Middle English -som, from Old English sum, from Proto-West Germanic *sum, from Proto-Germanic sumaz, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

hailsome (Scots): wholesome; healthy

Definitions

  1. wholesome; healthy

Ancestry of “hailsome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scots-some—
2Middle English-som—
3Old Englishsumsome
4Proto-West Germanic*sum—
5Proto-Germanicsumazsome , a certain; some, certain
6Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “hailsome”

  • healsome
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