Where does “Hooperating” come from?
Hooperating (English) comes from English Hooper, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
Hooperating (English): A radio or television audience rating determined by the C. E. Hooper Company during the Golden Age of Radio
Definitions
- A radio or television audience rating determined by the C. E. Hooper Company during the Golden Age of Radio
Ancestry of “Hooperating”, step by step
Hooperating traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Hooper
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hooper | for a person who made hoops for barrels |
| 2 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 3 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English rating
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | rating | present participle of rate; A position on a... |
| 2 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 3 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |