hola

Significat (Anglès)

hallo, hoi

Sinònims

hé

hela

ho

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de neerlandès mitjà: hola

Cognat amb Middle Low German: hola!

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: holā!

In summary

From Late Middle Dutch hola (“wait up!, hold on!, calm down!”), which also had the dialectal form holla; compare Middle Low German hola!, holda! (interjection), Middle High German holā! (interjection), of obscure origin. Possibly from the imperative of Middle Dutch halen, *holen (“to fetch”) (> dialectal holen), or possibly from Old French holà (“hey!”), from ho (“hold!, halt!, stop!”) + là (“there”).