Etymology

hoover

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Today it means: A vacuum cleaner of the Hoover brand. Full definition →

German Huber
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hoover · noun, verb1

  1. German · derived fromHuber
  2. English todayhoover

A genericized trademark of Hoover, the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners, which was sold by The Hoover Company. The American company was founded by William Henry Hoover (1849–1932) and his son Herbert William Hoover, Sr. (1877–1954). The surname Hoover is an Anglicized version of the German Huber, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer.

Hoover · proper noun, noun, verb2

  1. Low German · derived fromHufer
  2. German · derived fromHuber
  3. English todayHoover

The surname is an anglicization of German Huber or Low German Hufer, originally designating a landowner or a prosperous small-scale farmer. The common noun and verb are taken from the brand name of one of the first vacuum cleaners (see hoover).

Words from the same roots

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