Where does “Hope” come from?

Hope derives from Old English hopa, related to Old Saxon hopa and Old High German hoffan, ultimately of unknown origin.

Hope (English): from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans

Definitions

  1. from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans

Ancestry of “Hope”, step by step

Hope traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English hope

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhopea valley
2Old Englishhōpvalley; mound, raised land; in combination,...
3Proto-Germanichōpąbow, curve, arch; ring, hoop
4Proto-Indo-Europeankāb-to bend

via Icelandic hóp

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Icelandichópinflection of hópur: ## indefinite accusative...

Words derived from “Hope”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kāb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōpą →Every word from Old English hōp →