Hat

Well, I suppose it was really only a matter of time before curiosity would get the better of me on this one.
Hats. We all know what hats are; For purposes of being formal, the American Heritage Dictionary defines a hat as "A covering for the head, especially one with a shaped crown and brim", among other meanings. Many of us have hats, or enjoy seeing hats, or have built a recognizable character trait off of hats, so on and so forth. However, where precisely does this wondrous word originate in our language?

Turns out that the hat, unfortunately, does not have a very long and celebrated heritage: it comes, quite simply, from the word haet or haett in both Middle and Old English.(AHD) I found this quite disappointing.