Etymology

grasshop

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Today it means: A grasshopper. Full definition →

Middle English grashoppe ← Old English græshoppa
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grasshop · noun1

  1. Old English · inherited fromgræshoppa“grasshopper”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgrashoppe
  3. English todaygrasshop

From Middle English grashoppe, grashope, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). More at grasshopper.

grasshop · verb2

Back-formation from grasshopper.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishgræshoppa all →

grasshopper

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