Etymology

hubble

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Today it means: A space telescope or spy satellite with a design like the Hubble Space Telescope. Full definition →

Old Northern French Hubald ← Old High German Hucbalt ← Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald
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Hubble · proper noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*Hugibald
  2. Old High German · derived fromHucbalt
  3. Old Northern French · derived fromHubald
  4. English todayHubble

From Anglo-Norman, from Old Northern French Hubald, from Old High German Hucbalt, Hugbald, from Proto-West Germanic *Hugibald.

Hubble · proper noun, noun2

After Edwin Hubble, US astronomer.

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