Etymograph

English

flaghopper

From flag + hopper, in reference to the flagstones of a pavement; compare pavement princess, streetwalker.

A compound of flag + hopper

Middle English flag

English flag

Proto-Germanic *huppōną

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Old English hoppian ‘to hop’

Old English *hoppa ‘one who hops, hopper’

Middle English *hoppe

Middle English hoppere

English hopper

The story

From flag + hopper, in reference to the flagstones of a pavement; compare pavement princess, streetwalker.

Today it means

noun A streetwalking prostitute.

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

Etymograph / flaghopper