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
- present participle of hope; Filled with or...
Ancestry of “hoping”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | Hope | — |
| 2 | Middle English | hope | a valley |
| 3 | Old English | hōp | valley; mound, raised land; in combination,... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hōpą | bow, curve, arch; ring, hoop |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kāb- | to bend |
Words derived from “hoping”