Etymograph

English

high jump

From high + jump.

A compound of high + jump

Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *hauhaz

Proto-West Germanic *hauh

Old English hēah ‘high’

Middle English high

English high

Middle English jumpen ‘to walk quickly’

English jump

Today it means

noun An athletics event where a competitor must jump over a bar placed gradually higher and higher.

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Etymograph / high jump