Where does “hoping” come from?

Hoping derives from English hope combined with the Old English participial suffix -ing, itself from Proto-Germanic -ungō, ultimately traced to Proto-Indo-European kewb-.

hoping (English): present participle of hope; Filled with or...

Definitions

  1. present participle of hope; Filled with or...

Ancestry of “hoping”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHopefrom the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans
2Middle Englishhopea valley
3Old Englishhōpvalley; mound, raised land; in combination,...
4Proto-Germanichōpąbow, curve, arch; ring, hoop
5Proto-Indo-Europeankāb-to bend

Words derived from “hoping

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