English
Heape
Heape may come from Middle English hepe ‘rosehip’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hepe‘rosehip’uncertain
- EnglishtodayHeape
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hepe‘rosehip’uncertain
- EnglishtodayHeape
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb- ‘thorn, briar’
incumbent, cove, cubicle, succumb, concubine, succubus, incubus, incubate, hobble, cubit, 13 more
through Proto-Germanic *heupǭ ‘thornbush’
through Middle English hepe ‘rosehip’
Today it means
name A surname.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hepe / Heape