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(Anglais)

(feminine, historical) a guild; a kind of commercial, and sometimes military, confederation of cities in the later Middle Ages; in particular the Hanseatic League of northern Germany
(feminine) any similar confederation based first and foremost on commercial interests

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/ˈhanzə/

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand

Hérité de ancien haut allemand

In summary

From Middle High German hanse (“guild”), from Old High German hansa (“group; community; guild”), from Proto-West Germanic *hansu, from Proto-Germanic *hansō. The modern specification of these sense follows Middle Low German hanse (“guild; Hanseatic League”), which is itself an early borrowing from Middle High German.