English
hempen
Hempen comes from Middle English hempen.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hempen
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hempen
- Englishearliest quotation 1590same form
Earliest quotation: 1590, Edmund Spenser, Book I, Canto IX: “In fowle reproch of knighthoodes fayre degree, / About…”
Formed from hemp + -en
Every English word from Middle English hempen
Today it means
adj Made of hemp
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hempen / hempen