Etymology

hopemonger

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Today it means: A person who offers (possibly unrealistic) hope for the future. Full definition →

English monger ← Middle English hope ← Old English hopa
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The story

  1. Proto-West Germanic*tōhopōn
  2. Old Englishtōhopa
  3. Old Englishhopa
  4. Middle Englishhope
  5. Englishhope
  6. Englishmonger
  7. English todayhopemonger

From hope + monger.

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