Etymology

hoop

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Today it means: A circular band of metal used to bind a barrel. Full definition →

Middle English hoop ← Old English hōp ← Proto-Germanic *hōpą
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hoop · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kāb-“to bend”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*hōpą“bend, bow, arch”
  3. Old English · inherited fromhōp“mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromhoop
  5. English todayhoop

From Middle English hoop, hoope, from Old English hōp (“mound, raised land; in combination, circular object”), from Proto-Germanic *hōpą (“bend, bow, arch”) (compare Saterland Frisian Houp (“hoop”), Dutch hoep (“hoop”), Old Norse hóp (“bay, inlet”)), from Proto-Indo-European *kāb- (“to bend”) (compare Lithuanian kabė (“hook”), Old Church Slavonic кѫпъ (kǫpŭ, “hill, island”)). More at camp.

hoop · noun, verb2

Onomatopoeic.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishhōp all →

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