Etymograph

English

Hove

Hove may come from English hof ‘hall’.

  1. English1500–presenthof‘hall’disputed
  2. EnglishtodayHove

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. English1500–presenthof‘hall’disputed
  2. EnglishtodayHove

The story

Of disputed origin, with suggestions including hufe (‘covering, shelter’) and hof (‘hall’).disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from English hof

Today it means

name A town in the city of Brighton and Hove, on the south coast of East Sussex, England, west of Brighton (OS grid ref TQ2804).

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

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