English

John Hop

John Hop comes from English cop ‘a police officer’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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Made of the words John + Hop

Biblical Hebrew יוֹחָנָן

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Latin Iōannēs

Late Latin Iōhannēs

Anglo-Norman Jehan

Middle English John

English John

Proto-Indo-European *kewb- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *huppōną ‘to hop’

Proto-West Germanic *huppōn

Old English hoppian ‘to hop’

Middle English hoppen

English Hop

Every English word from English cop

noun A police officer.

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