Etymology

leafhopper

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Today it means: Any insect of the family Cicadellidae. Full definition →

English hopper ← Middle English hoppere ← Old English *hoppa
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*lewbʰ-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*laubą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*laub
  4. Old Englishlēaf
  5. Middle Englishlef
  6. Englishleaf
  7. Proto-Germanic*huppōną
  8. Proto-West Germanic*huppōn
  9. Old Englishhoppian
  10. Old English*hoppa
  11. Middle English*hoppe
  12. Middle Englishhoppere
  13. Englishhopper
  14. English todayleafhopper

From leaf + hopper.

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