height

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   How tall a person or thing is.

   He measured the height of the door before buying it.

2. 2
   noun

   How far something is above the ground or sea level.

   We flew at a height of 15,000 metres.

3. 3
   noun

   The highest point or strongest moment of something.

   At the height of her career, she was world famous.

4. 4
   noun

   A high place or area of high ground.

   From the heights above the town we could see the whole valley.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *kówk-o-s Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂der. Proto-Germanic *-iþō Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu Old English hīehþu Middle English heighte English height From Middle English heighte, heiȝþe, from Old English hēahþu, hēhþo, hīehþu (“height”), Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu, from Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō (compare *hauhaz). Equivalent to high + -t (abstract nominal suffix). The regular pronunciation is now obsolete /heɪt/ (as with other words in -eight); the modern form developed early on, at first…

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