Where does “hopen” come from?

hopen (Middle English) comes from Old English hopian, from Proto-West Germanic hopōn — to hope, to expect.

hopen (Middle English): to hope

Definitions

  1. to hope

Ancestry of “hopen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishhopianto hope
2Proto-West Germanichopōnto hope, to expect

Words derived from “hopen”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic hopōn →Every word from Old English hopian →