Etymology

planthopper

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Today it means: Any of many insects, of superfamily Fulgoroidea, that bear a remarkable resemblance to leaves and are capable of prodigious leaps. Full definition →

English hopper ← Middle English hoppere ← Old English *hoppa
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂
  5. Proto-Italic*plāntā?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂k-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₂nk /*gteh₂
  8. Proto-Italic*plānktā
  9. Latinplanta
  10. Proto-West Germanic*plantu
  11. Old Englishplante
  12. Middle Englishplante
  13. Englishplant
  14. Proto-Germanic*huppōną
  15. Proto-West Germanic*huppōn
  16. Old Englishhoppian
  17. Old English*hoppa
  18. Middle English*hoppe
  19. Middle Englishhoppere
  20. Englishhopper
  21. English todayplanthopper

From plant + hopper.

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