hehr

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(Anglais)

(poetic) awe-inspiring, sublime
(literary) lofty, grand, high-minded (of ideas, plans, motivations, etc.)

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[heːɐ̯]

Hérité de moyen haut-allemand

Hérité de ancien haut allemand

Appartenant à anglais

In summary

From Middle High German hēr, hēre, from Old High German hēr (“noble, austere, venerable, aged”), from Proto-West Germanic *hair, from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey, hoary”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ḱeh₃i-, extension of *(s)ḱeh₃- (“grey”). Cognate with English hoar (“grey”) and hare (“grey, hoary, venerable”), modern German Herr.