from Old English higian "hasten, strive"
from PIE root kigh- "fast, violent"
The pronunciation is the same as the greeting interjection "Hi!" Inadvertently, the greeting sounds like a prompt to "go on, make haste!"
~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
⚜ | classic definition |
☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |