hola

Betekenis (Engels)

hallo, hoi

Synoniemen

hé

hela

ho

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelnederlands: hola

Verwant aan Middle Low German: hola!

Verwant aan Middelhoogduits: 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”).