Where does “hopper” come from?
Hopper comes from Middle English hoppe, from Middle French houbelon, from Latin upupa, from Proto-Germanic huppô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)keup.
hopper (English): One who or that which hops; A temporary storage...
Definitions
- One who or that which hops; A temporary storage...
Ancestry of “hopper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | hoppere | — |
| 2 | Old English | hoppa | one who hops, hopper; hopper |
| 3 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 4 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 5 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |