† alturen.

Forms: 1500s haulture, 1500s alture.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Probably also partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French hauture; Italian altura.

Etymology: Partly (i) < Middle French hauture height, altitude (mid 13th cent. in Old French; also c1225 in sense ‘highness’ (as form of address)) < haut high (see haut adj.) + ure -ure suffix¹; and probably also partly (ii) < Italian altura height, altitude (a1257) < alto high (see alto n.²) + -ura -ure suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan altura (c1200, earliest with reference to social status), Catalan altura (15th cent.), Spanish altura (13th cent.), Portuguese altura (13th cent.). Compare also Middle French haulteur , hauteur (see hauteur n.). Compare earlier altitude n. 2. Compare also hauteur n. and the variants cited at that entry.

Obsolete. rare.

= altitude n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level

heightc1290

highheadc1300

higha1398

altitudea1449

sideness?a1475

alturea1547

pitch1590

mounture1613

eminency1625

eminence1658

haut1686

elevation1732

a1547 Earl of Surrey Paraphr. Psalm lv in Poems (1964) 102 From that the sonne disscends Till he his haulture wynn.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 127 Casamats..so low that they arriued not vnto the alture of the ditch.

1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 129 Whether the most habitations of the Citie be on high above the alture of the wals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	alture
释义	† alturen. Forms: 1500s haulture, 1500s alture. Origin: A borrowing from French. Probably also partly a borrowing from Italian. Etymons: French hauture; Italian altura. Etymology: Partly (i) < Middle French hauture height, altitude (mid 13th cent. in Old French; also c1225 in sense ‘highness’ (as form of address)) < haut high (see haut adj.) + ure -ure suffix¹; and probably also partly (ii) < Italian altura height, altitude (a1257) < alto high (see alto n.²) + -ura -ure suffix¹. Compare Old Occitan altura (c1200, earliest with reference to social status), Catalan altura (15th cent.), Spanish altura (13th cent.), Portuguese altura (13th cent.). Compare also Middle French haulteur , hauteur (see hauteur n.). Compare earlier altitude n. 2. Compare also hauteur n. and the variants cited at that entry. Obsolete. rare. = altitude n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > [noun] > above a certain level heightc1290 highheadc1300 higha1398 altitudea1449 sideness?a1475 alturea1547 pitch1590 mounture1613 eminency1625 eminence1658 haut1686 elevation1732 a1547 Earl of Surrey Paraphr. Psalm lv in Poems (1964) 102 From that the sonne disscends Till he his haulture wynn. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 127 Casamats..so low that they arriued not vnto the alture of the ditch. 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres v. 129 Whether the most habitations of the Citie be on high above the alture of the wals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.a1547
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