English
hempy
Hempy comes from Middle English hempy.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hempy
- Englishearliest quotation 1655same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hempy
- Englishearliest quotation 1655same form
Earliest quotation: 1655, James Howell, Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ. Familiar Letters Domestic and Forren. […: “the rind and the Tree there is a Cotton,…”
Formed from hemp + -y
Every English word from Middle English hempy
Today it means
adj Like hemp.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English hempy / hempy