héler

Signification

to hail (call out loudly)

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/e.le/

Étymologie

From Middle French heiler (“to hail”), from Middle English heilen (“to greet, call to, salute”), from hail, heil (“health”), from Old Norse heill (“health”), from Proto-Germanic *hailą (“health”), from *hailaz (“whole, hale, safe”), from Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ilos (“safe, unharmed”). Cognate with Old English hǣl, hǣlu (“health, safety”). More at whole.