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Where does “hoop” come from?

hoop (Middle English) comes from Old English hōp, from Proto-Germanic hōpą, from Proto-Indo-European kāb- — to bend.

Ancestry of “hoop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhōpvalley; mound, raised land; in combination,...
2Proto-Germanichōpąbow, curve, arch; ring, hoop
3Proto-Indo-Europeankāb-to bend

Words derived from “hoop”

  • hoop
  • hooping
  • hoopoe
  • hooper
  • hoopless
  • hoopster
  • hoopy
  • hooplike
  • woodhoopoe
  • unhoop
  • rehoop
  • hoopoop
  • inhoop
  • nanohoop
  • azananohoop
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