English
groundhopper
From ground + hopper.
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrem- ‘floor, settlement’
Proto-Germanic *grunduz ‘ground, foundation’
Proto-West Germanic *grundu
Old English grund
Middle English ground
English ground
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 A small insect, of the genus Tetrix, similar to a grasshopper.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / groundhopper