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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHooperfor a person who made hoops for barrels
2English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
3Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
4Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
5Latin-ārefirst conjugation
6Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
7Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
8Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
10Chichewaiyehe, she

via English rating

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishratingpresent participle of rate; A position on a...
2Latinratusconsidered, having been considered; established,...
3Latinrēōrto reckon, calculate
4Proto-Italicrēōrto reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂reh₁-to think, reason; to arrange
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
Every word from Chichewa iye