Where does “hopping” come from?
Hopping comes from Middle English hoppen, from Proto-Germanic *huppanan, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup-, meaning to bend or bow.
hopping (English): hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for...
Definitions
- hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for...
Ancestry of “hopping”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle French | houbelon | — |
Words derived from “hopping”