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hopeEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
From Middle English hopen, from Old English hopian (“hope”), from Proto-West Germanic *hopōn; further etymology unclear. Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian, West Frisian hoopje (“to hope”), Cimbrian hòffan (“to hope”), Dutch hopen (“to hope”), German, Luxembourgish hoffen (“to hope”), Vilamovian höfnan (“hope”), Yiddish האָפֿן (hofn, “to hope”), Danish håbe (“to hope”), Norwegian Bokmål håpe (“to hope”), Norwegian Nynorsk håpa, håpe (“to hope”), Swedish hoppas (“to hope”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗hopeEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope From Middle English hope, from Old English hopa (“hope, expectation”), from the same source as the verb hope. Eclipsed non-native early modern English esperance, borrowed from Middle French esperance.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗hopeEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
From Middle English hope (“a valley”), from Old English hōp (found only in placenames). More at hoop.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗hopeEnglish (en) · Etymology 4Source text
From Icelandic hóp (“a small bay or inlet”). Cognate with English hoop.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- HopeEnglish · e-38538-4423
Hope, hōp, v.i. to cherish a desire of good with expectation of obtaining it: to have confidence.—v.t. to desire with expectation or with belief in the prospect of obtaining.—n. a desire of some good, with expectation of
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Hope, hōp, n. a hollow, a mound: the upper end of a narrow mountain-valley: a comb—common in north country place-names.
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