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- Proto-West Germanic*tōhopōn
- Old Englishtōhopa
- Old Englishhopa
- Middle Englishhope
- Englishhope
- Proto-Indo-European*swep-
- Proto-Indo-European*supnós
- Proto-Hellenic*húpnos
- Ancient Greekὕπνος (húpnos)
- Ancient Greekὑπνόω (hupnóō)
- Ancient Greekὕπνωσις (húpnōsis)
- Englishhypnosis
- English todayhopenosis
Blend of hope + hypnosis, in reference to the Barack Obama "Hope" poster.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.