English
freighthopper
From freight + hopper.
A compound of freight + hopper
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyḱ- ‘to come into possession of, obtain’
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Old Saxon frāht
Middle Low German vracht
Middle Dutch vracht ‘freight, load, cargo’
Middle English freight
English freight
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
Today it means
noun One who engages in freighthopping.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / freighthopper