Etymology

holpen

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Middle English holpen ← Old English ġeholpen ← Proto-Germanic *hulpanaz
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hulpanaz
  2. Old English · inherited fromġeholpen
  3. Middle English · inherited fromholpen
  4. English todayholpen

From Middle English holpen, yholpen (past participle of helpen (“to help”)), from Old English ġeholpen (past participle of helpan (“to help”)), from Proto-Germanic *hulpanaz (past participle of *helpaną (“to help”)). More at help. Cognate with Dutch geholpen (“holpen”) and German geholfen (“holpen”).

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