Advertisement
hough (n.)
see hock (n.1).
Entries linking to hough
hock (n.1)"joint in the hind leg of a horse or other quadruped," corresponding to the ankle-joint in man, mid-15c., earlier hockshin (late 14c.), from Old English hohsinu "sinew of the heel, Achilles' tendon," literally "heel sinew," from Old English hoh "heel" (in compounds, such as hohfot "heel"), from Proto-Germanic *hanhaz (source also of German Hachse "hock," Old English hæla "heel"), from PIE *kenk- (3) "heel, bend of the knee" (see heel (n.1)).
Share hough
‘cite’
Page URL:
https://www.etymonline.com/word/hough
HTML Link:
<a href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/hough">Etymology of hough by etymonline</a>
APA style:
Harper, D. (n.d.). Etymology of hough. Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved $(datetime), from https://www.etymonline.com/word/hough
Chicago style:
Harper Douglas, “Etymology of hough,” Online Etymology Dictionary, accessed $(datetime), https://www.etymonline.com/word/hough.
MLA style:
Harper, Douglas. “Etymology of hough.” Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com/word/hough. Accessed $(datetimeMla).
IEEE style:
D. Harper. “Etymology of hough.” Online Etymology Dictionary. https://www.etymonline.com/word/hough (accessed $(datetime)).
Advertisement
