Where does “greshoppe” come from?
greshoppe (Middle English) comes from Old English græshoppa, from Old English hoppa, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
greshoppe (Middle English): Alternative form of grashope
Definitions
- Alternative form of grashope
Ancestry of “greshoppe”, step by step
greshoppe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old English græshoppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | græshoppa | grasshopper, locust |
| 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 |
via Old English gærshoppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old English | gærshoppa | grasshopper, locust |
| 2 | Old English | gærs | Alternative form of græs; grass, blade of grass,... |
| 3 | Old English | græs | grass |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gras | grass |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | grasą | grass |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰreh₁- | to become green, grow; to grow; to green, to grow |