Haste
/heɪst/noun
Excessive speed or urgency in movement or action.
Did you know?Haste comes through Old French from a Germanic root meaning rapid movement, and English has long treated it as something that can ruin judgment: the old warning “haste makes waste” is basically folk wisdom about energetic chaos.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*haistaz
“haste, speed, urgency”
Old French
OF
haste
“speed, hurry”
Middle English
ME
haste
“speed, swiftness, hurried action”
Modern English
English
haste
“rapid or urgent movement or action”