[tied] Re: Irish word >>mór<< 'BIG' and Romanian >>mare<< '

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Joao S. Lopes" <josimo70@...> wrote:

> According to C.T. Onions's Dictionary, < Old French ahuge, ahoge,

ahoege, of unknown origin.

>
> Carl Hult <datalampa@...> escreveu:Or the mediterrenean. By the way,

what´s the story behind "huge"?

> Anyone who knows where that word comes from?
>

Could it be Germanic perhaps meaning something like "heightened"?

1. Du. hoog, Eng. high, Ger. hoch

2. a suffix similar to Du. ge-, Eng e-/a- (e.g. e-nough, astride,
astray), Ger. ge-?

-Andrew Lancaster