haught

haught
haught (adj.) c.1400, haute, "high in one's own estimation, haughty," from O.Fr. haut (11c.) "main, principal; proud, noble, dignified; eminent; loud; grand," lit. "high," from L. altus "high" (see OLD (Cf. old)); with initial h- by influence of Frankish hoh "high." Spelling altered 16c. by influence of caught, naught, etc.

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