Where does “hopes” come from?

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

hopes (Yola): hopes

Definitions

  1. hopes

Ancestry of “hopes”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishhopea valley
2Old Englishhōpvalley; mound, raised land; in combination,...
3Proto-Germanichōpąbow, curve, arch; ring, hoop
4Proto-Indo-Europeankāb-to bend

Words derived from “hopes”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European kāb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic hōpą →Every word from Old English hōp →