Where does “gressehopper” come from?
gressehopper (Middle English) comes from Middle English grashope, 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 — he, she.
gressehopper (Middle English): grasshopper, cicada; Something else which leaps...
Definitions
- grasshopper, cicada; Something else which leaps...
Ancestry of “gressehopper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | grashope | grasshopper, cicada; locust |
| 2 | Old English | græshoppa | grasshopper, locust |
| 3 | Old English | hoppa | one who hops, hopper; hopper |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |