Where does “HP” come from?

HP (Spanish) comes from English HP, from Japanese HP, from English home page, from English page, from French page, from Italian paggio, from Old French page, from Late Latin pagius — few, little; smallness.

HP (Spanish): HP

Definitions

  1. HP

Ancestry of “HP”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishHPhire purchase; horse power; hit points, health...
2JapaneseHPInitialism of ホームページ
3Englishhome pageThe main or first page of a web site or set of...
4EnglishpageOne of the many pieces of paper bound together...
5Frenchpagepage; page, web page; page, page boy
6Italianpaggiopage; pageboy
7Old Frenchpagepage one face of a sheet of paper or similar material
8Late Latinpagiusservant; Servant
9Ancient Greekπαιδίονlittle child, young child
10Ancient Greekπαῖςchild, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,...
11Proto-Hellenicpā́witschild
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wids
13Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-Every word from Proto-Indo-European péh₂widsEvery word from Proto-Hellenic pā́wits