Etymology

treehopper

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Today it means: An insect of the family Membracidae. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dóru
  2. Proto-Germanic*trewą
  3. Proto-West Germanic*treu
  4. Old Englishtrēow
  5. Middle Englishtre
  6. Englishtree
  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 todaytreehopper

From tree + hopper.

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