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Also spelled uge

US /hjud͡ʒ/ UK /hjuːd͡ʒ/
Freq #1020

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Forms hugenesshugerhugest
Derived forms hugantichugelyhugemongoushugenhugenesshugeoushugesomehugyhumongoushunormousoverhugesuperhuge

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Etymology

From Middle English huge, from Old French ahuge (“high, lofty, great, large, huge”), of unknown origin. One theory derives it from an underlying Old French a hoge (“at height”), from a (“at, to”) + hoge (“a hill, height”), the latter from Frankish *haug or cognate Old Norse haugr (“hill”); both from Proto-Germanic *haugaz (“hill, mound”), from Proto-Indo-European *kowkós (“hill, mound”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *kewk-, whence also English high.

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