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
- HP
Ancestry of “HP”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | HP | hire purchase; horse power; hit points, health... |
| 2 | Japanese | HP | Initialism of ホームページ |
| 3 | English | home page | The main or first page of a web site or set of... |
| 4 | English | page | One of the many pieces of paper bound together... |
| 5 | French | page | page; page, web page; page, page boy |
| 6 | Italian | paggio | page; pageboy |
| 7 | Old French | page | page one face of a sheet of paper or similar material |
| 8 | Late Latin | pagius | servant; Servant |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | παιδίον | little child, young child |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | παῖς | child, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,... |
| 11 | Proto-Hellenic | pā́wits | child |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | péh₂wids | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₂w- | few, little; smallness |