Etymology
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haste (n.)

late 13c., "hurrying, haste; celerity, swiftness, speed;" c. 1300, "need for quick action, urgency;" from Old French haste "haste, urgency, hastiness" (12c., Modern French hâte), from Frankish *haifst "violence" or another Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (source also of Gothic haifsts "strife," Old English hæste "violent, vehement, impetuous"). From late 14c. as "undue haste, rashness, unwise or unseemly quickness." To make haste "act quickly" is recorded by 1530s.

haste (v.)

late 13c., from Old French haster "hurry, make haste; urge, hurry along" (Modern French hâter), from haste "haste, urgency" (see haste). Now largely superseded by hasten (1560s). Related: Hasted; hasting.

Entries linking to haste

hasty (adj.)
mid-14c., "early; demanding haste, urgent; quick-tempered, angry;" late 14c. "speedy, swift, quick," by 1500s, from haste (n.) + -y (2); replacing or nativizing earlier hastif (c. 1300) "eager, impetuous," from Old French hastif "speedy, rapid; forward, advanced; rash, impetuous" (12c., Modern French hâtif), from haste (see haste (n.)). Meaning "requiring haste" is late 14c. (this is the sense in hasty-pudding, 1590s, so called because it was made quickly); that of "eager, rash" is from early 15c. Related: Hastiness. Old French also had a form hasti (for loss of terminal -f, compare joli/jolif, etc.), which may have influenced the form of the English word.
post-haste (adv.)

"with urgent speed, with all possible haste," 1590s, from a noun (1530s) meaning "great speed," usually said to be from "post haste," an instruction formerly written on letters (attested from 1530s), from post (adv.) + haste (n.). The phrase originated in the old system of relaying messages by post horses (see post (n.3)); the verb post "to ride or travel with great speed" is recorded from 1550s.

hasten (v.)
1560s, transitive and intransitive, extended form of haste (v.) with -en (1). Related: Hastened; hastening.
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Definitions of haste

haste (n.)
overly eager speed (and possible carelessness);
he soon regretted his haste
Synonyms: hastiness / hurry / hurriedness / precipitation
haste (n.)
the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner;
in his haste to leave he forgot his book
Synonyms: hurry / rush / rushing
haste (n.)
a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry;
Synonyms: hurry
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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