Where does “hope” come from?
Hope comes from Old English hōp, which derives from Old English tōhopa, traced to Proto-Indo-European kewb-.
hope (English): To want something to happen, with a sense of...
Definitions
- To want something to happen, with a sense of...
Ancestry of “hope”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | hopen | — |
| 2 | Old English | hopian | to hope |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | hopōn | to hope, to expect |
Words derived from “hope”