hale

Meaning

Opposite of
unhale
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/heɪl/
Etymology

In summary

From Northern Middle English hal, hale, variants of hole (“healthy; safe; whole”) (whence whole), from Old English hāl, from Proto-West Germanic *hail, from Proto-Germanic *hailaz (“whole; entire; healthy”). See whole for more.

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