haquenee

Middle French

Alternative forms

• haquenée

Etymology

(1360) From Middle English hakeney (attested in the Camden Miscellany as Medieval Latin hakeneio). More at English hackney.

Noun

haquenee f (plural haquenees)

1. ambling mare for ladies
   • 15th century, Georges Chastellain, Chroniques:

     Entra la royne a cheval sur une basse haquenee blanche

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Descendants

• French: haquenée
• → Middle Dutch: hackeneye
  • Dutch: hakkenei
• → Spanish: hacanea
• → Portuguese: hacanea, acanea
• → Italian: acchinea, chinea