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English word origin

Etymology of HP

Sense "home page" is a borrowing from Japanese HP (HP, “home page”), from English home page.

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The source etymologies

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Unnumbered source etymology

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name

Initialism of Himachal Pradesh: a state of India. · Initialism of Hewlett-Packard. · Initialism of Harry Potter.

noun

Initialism of hire purchase. · Initialism of horsepower. · Initialism of hit point /health point. · Initialism of higher power.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

Sense "home page" is a borrowing from Japanese HP (HP, “home page”), from English home page.

Relationships mentioned by the source

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This page abbreviates 6 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.

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Imported from Wiktionary contributors; extracted by Tatu Ylonen / Wiktextract / Kaikki.org. Selected fields are reformatted and grouped; wording, source identity and etymology sections are retained. CC-BY-SA-4.0 applies to the imported source material.

Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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Machine-source provenance
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