hola

Meaning

hallo, hoi

Concepts

hey

👋

hallo

Synonyms

hé

👋

hela

ho

Translations

ep

👋

hallo

👋

ey

hé

ehi

olá

👋

opa

ei

epa

👋

oye

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: hola

Cognate with Middle Low German: hola!

Cognate with Middle High German: 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”).