Where does “hipster” come from?

hipster (English) comes from English hip, from Middle English hipe, from Old English hype, from Proto-West Germanic hupi, from Proto-Germanic hupiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱeu̯bh₂-.

hipster (English): A person who is keenly interested in the latest...

Definitions

  1. A person who is keenly interested in the latest...

Ancestry of “hipster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhipThe outward-projecting parts of the pelvis and...
2Middle Englishhipehip anatomical region of a human or quadruped
3Old Englishhypehip
4Proto-West Germanichupihip
5Proto-Germanichupizhip, haunch, upper part of the thigh
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱeu̯bh₂-—

Words derived from “hipster”

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