Etymology

hopecore

H4O1P3E1C3O1R1E1

Today it means: An Internet aesthetic featuring joyful or motivational content, intended to inspire hope. Full definition →

English hardcorebf. ← Middle English core ← Old English heard
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kewbʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kubʰnéh₂ti
  3. Proto-Germanic*hup(p)ōnąder.?
  4. Proto-West Germanic*hopōn
  5. Old Englishhopian
  6. Middle Englishhopen
  7. Englishhope
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kret-der.?
  9. Proto-Germanic*harduz
  10. Proto-West Germanic*hard(ī)
  11. Old Englishheard
  12. Middle Englishhard
  13. Englishhard
  14. Middle Englishcore
  15. Englishcore
  16. Englishhardcorebf.
  17. English todayhopecore

From hope + -core.

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