haste

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable, usually) Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
2. (obsolete, uncountable, usually) Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

Verb

1. (archaic, transitive) To urge onward; to hasten.
2. (archaic, intransitive) To move with haste.

Synonyms

hurry

speed

rush

quickness

swiftness

hastiness

rapidity

hastily

expedition

hasten

hustle

promptness

hurriedness

precipitation

celerity

precipitancy

promptitude

rushing

scurry

bustle

hurriedly

impetuosity

unceremoniously

urgency

precipitance

dash

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alacrity

hastle

do hurriedly

rashness

briskness

press

hasty

hurry up

temerity

thrust

whirl

zeal

dispatch rider

be energetic

scurry about

Hunt

hurried action

activity

despatch rider

ardour

chase

confusion

despatch

diligence

Translations

hâte

fretta

prisa

Hast

haast

Eile

premura

pressa

furia

pressa

βιασύνη

haastigheid

précipitation

acele

Pronounced as (IPA)

/heɪst/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hasten

Cognate with Dutch: haasten

Cognate with German: hasten

Cognate with Danish: haste

Cognate with Swedish: hasta

Inherited from Middle English: hast

Cognate with French: -

Cognate with Old Frisian: hāst

Cognate with Old English: hǣst

Cognate with Old English: hǣste

Cognate with Old Norse: heift//heipt

Cognate with Gothic: 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃

Cognate with German: heftig

Cognate with Danish: heftig

In summary

Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“haste”, noun), from Old French haste (whence French hâte), from Old Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste (“haste”), Old English hǣst (“violence”), Old English hǣste (“violent, impetuous, vehement”, adjective), Old Norse heift /heipt (“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German heftig (“vehement”) and Danish heftig (“vehement”).