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Word Origins Dictionary
- Chautauqua[Chautauqua 词源字典]
- "assembly for popular education," 1873, from town in New York, U.S., where an annual Methodist summer colony featured lectures. The name is from ja'dahgweh, a Seneca (Iroquoian) name, possibly "one has taken out fish there," but an alternative suggested meaning is "raised body."[Chautauqua etymology, Chautauqua origin, 英语词源]
- Fomalhaut
- bright star in the constellation Piscis Austrinus, 1594, from Arabic Fum al Hut "the Fish's Mouth," which describes its position in the imaginary star-picture.
- hautboy (n.)
- "oboe, double-reeded woodwind instrument," 1570s, from French hautbois "high wood" (15c.; see oboe, which is the Italian phonetic spelling of the French word). The haut is used here in its secondary sense of "high-pitched." In early use frequently nativized as hoboy, hawboy, etc.
This Pageaunt waz clozd vp with a delectable harmony of Hautboiz, Shalmz, Coronets, and such oother looud muzik. [Robert Laneham, 1575]
- haute (adj.)
- French, literally "high," fem. of haut (see haught). Haute bourgeoisie "the (French) upper-middle class" is in English from 1804.
- haute cuisine (n.)
- 1829, French, literally "high(-class) cooking;" see haught + cuisine. Usually in italics until 1960s.
- hauteur (n.)
- "a haughty bearing, arrogance of manner," 1620s, from French hauteur "haughtiness, arrogance," literally "height," from Old French hauture "height, loftiness; grandeur, majesty" (12c.), from haut (see haught).
- haute couture
- "Expensive, fashionable clothes produced by leading fashion houses", French, literally 'high dressmaking'.
- de haut en bas
- "In a condescending or superior manner", French, 'from above to below'.