Etymology

no-hoper

Today it means: Someone or something that has no hope of success. Full definition →

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

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

From no + hope + -er.

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