Where does “hoblob” come from?
hoblob (English) comes from English Hob, from Middle English Hob, from English robin, from Middle English Robin, from Old French Robert, from Frankish berht, from Proto-Germanic berhtaz, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz — army.
hoblob (English): a rustic, boorish person; yokel
Definitions
- a rustic, boorish person; yokel
Ancestry of “hoblob”, step by step
hoblob traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Hob
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Hob | A nickname for Robin Goodfellow, Puck; later the devil |
| 2 | Middle English | Hob | — |
| 3 | English | robin | Any of various passerine birds of the families... |
| 4 | Middle English | Robin | — |
| 5 | Old French | Robert | a Germanic (Old Frankish) borrowing |
| 6 | Frankish | berht | bright |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | berhtaz | bright, shining |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English lob
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lob | To throw or hit a ball into the air in a high... |
| 2 | English | long | Having much distance from one terminating point... |
| 3 | English | longitude | Angular distance measured west or east of the... |
| 4 | Old French | longitude | — |
| 5 | Latin | longitūdō | length, longitude; longness |
| 6 | Latin | longus | far, long; extended, prolonged; long; tedious,... |
| 7 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |