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Hail English Norse Cognates German Originally Related Hailed

单词 hail
音标 [heil]
解释 n.冰雹;v.致敬
红宝书 【英】 n.冰雹(frozen rain drop);v. 致敬( salute or greet)
字源 hail (interj.)
"greetings!" c.1200, from Old Norse heill "health, prosperity, good luck," or a similar Scandinavian source, and in part from Old English hals, shortening of wæs hæil "be healthy" (see health and also wassail).
hail (n.)
"frozen rain," Old English hægl, hagol (Mercian hegel) "hail, hailstorm," also the name of the rune for H, from Proto-Germanic *haglaz (cognates: Old Frisian heil, Old Saxon, Old High German hagal, Old Norse hagl, German Hagel "hail"), probably from PIE *kaghlo- "pebble" (cognates: Greek kakhlex "round pebble").
hail (v.1)
"to call from a distance," 1560s, originally nautical, from hail (interj.). Related: Hailed; hailing. Hail fellow well met is 1580s, from a familiar greeting. Hail Mary (c.1300) is the angelic salutation (Latin ave Maria) in Luke i:58, used as a devotional recitation. As a desperation play in U.S. football, attested by 1940. To hail from is 1841, originally nautical. "Hail, Columbia," the popular patriotic song, was a euphemism for "hell" in American English slang from c.1850-1910.
hail (v.2)
Old English hagolian, from root of hail (n.). Related: Hailed; hailing. Figurative use from mid-15c.
不择手段背单词 n. 冰雹; v 向...致以敬意或问候; 喝彩, 欢呼
【记】源于hello
趣味全助记 【记】音:嗨,hi,见面找招呼,致敬的声音,也可想做冰雹掉下打在头上疼而发出的音

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