Inherited from Middle French haste, from Old French haste, from Frankish *hai(f)st (compare Old High German heisti).
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hâte f (plural hâtes)
hâte
From Old French haste, from Frankish *hai(f)st, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“violence”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”).
hâte f (plural hâtes)