Derivation of heats

fenchel | 22:24 Mon 27th Apr 2009 | Phrases & Sayings

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From where does the word heat-as used in competitions or races-derive?

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Oxford says "h�tu, h�to, from P.Gmc. *khaitin- "heat," from *khaitaz "hot" (cf. O.S. hittia, O.N. hiti, O.Fris. hete, Ger. hitze "heat," Goth. heito "fever"). The same root is the source of O.E. hat "hot" and h��a "hot weather." The verb is from O.E. h�tan, from P.Gmc. *khaitijanam. Meaning "a single course in a race" is from 1663, perhaps from earlier fig. sense of "a single intense effort" (c.1380), or meaning "run given to a horse to prepare for a race" (1577).

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