Etymology

Heape

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle English hepe ← Old English hēope ← Proto-Germanic *heupǭ
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*heupǭ
  2. Old English · inherited fromhēope
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhepe“rosehip”
  4. English todayHeape

Perhaps from Middle English hepe (“rosehip”), heppe, hipe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic *heupǭ.

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishhepe all →

hip

Old Englishhēope all →

hipHebdenHeaphyHeptonstallHebblethwaite

Proto-Germanic*heupǭ all →

hipshoop

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.