English Explanatory Dictionary

haste

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

verb

To urge onward; to hasten.
To move with haste.

name

A surname from Old French.

Pronunciation

/heɪst/ en-us-haste.ogg

Word forms

haste hastes hasting hasted

Etymology

Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“haste”, noun), from Old French haste (whence French hâte), from Old Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste (“haste”), Old English hǣst (“violence”), Old English hǣste (“violent, impetuous, vehement”, adjective), Old Norse heift /heipt (“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German heftig (“vehement”) and Danish heftig (“vehement”).

Synonyms

Derived words

great haste makes great waste hassle hasteful hasteless hastely haste makes waste hasten hastily hastiness hastish hasty in haste make haste make haste slowly more haste, less speed overhaste posthaste post haste unhasted unhasting

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