Etymograph

English

Hopewell

Ultimately from hope + well.

Formed from hope + well

Proto-West Germanic *hopōn ‘to wait in anticipation’

Old English hopian

Middle English hopen ‘to hope’

English hope

Proto-Germanic *wela

Old English wel ‘well’

Middle English wel ‘well’

English well

The story

The civil parish in New Brunswick may have been named after Hopewell, Pennsylvania.

Today it means

name A surname.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Hopewell