herro
See also: herró
English edit
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Interjection edit
herro
Usage notes edit
Generally used in mockery of East Asians, based on a Japanese pronunciation.
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Old Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old High German hērro.
Noun edit
hērro m
Inflection edit
Declension of herro (masculine weak n-stem)
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Further reading edit
- “hērro”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old High German edit
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Etymology edit
From earlier hērōro, comparative form of hēr (“gray-haired, old; noble, venerable”), from Proto-Germanic *hairaz (“grey; old, distinguished”). Compare the same semantic development from Latin senior to Old French seignor, whence the feudal meaning was loaned to Old High German in Carolingian times.
Noun edit
hērro m
Declension edit
Declension of hērro (masculine n-stem)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Middle High German: herre
References edit
- Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition