Where does “hope” come from?

hope (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch hopa, from Old Dutch hopon, from Proto-West Germanic hopōn — to hope, to expect.

Ancestry of “hope”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Dutchhopa—
2Old Dutchhoponto hope
3Proto-West Germanichopōnto hope, to expect
Every word from Proto-West Germanic hopōn →Every word from Old Dutch hopon →Every word from Old Dutch hopa →