Where does “Hopper” come from?
Hopper comes from English hop, Middle English hoppen, Middle French houbelon, Latin upupa, Proto-Indo-European kewb-, and Proto-Indo-European (s)keup.
Hopper (English): One who or that which hops
Definitions
- One who or that which hops
Ancestry of “Hopper”, step by step
Hopper traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English hoppere
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hoppere | — |
| 2 | Old English | hoppa | one who hops, hopper; hopper |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Dutch hop
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | hop | hoopoe, the species "Upupa epops" or an... |
| 2 | Middle Dutch | hoppe | hops; hopped beer |
| 3 | Old French | huppe | — |
| 4 | Latin | upupa | hoopoe |
| 5 | Old Saxon | uppa | above |
| 6 | Old Norse | á | river; Alternative form of ær; on |
| 7 | Proto-Norse | ᚨᚾ | on |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | ana | on, at; on, onto; ana |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |