English

hoeful

From hoe + -ful.

Formed from hoe + -ful

Proto-Indo-European *kewh₂- ‘to beat, hew, forge’

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Frankish *hauwan ‘to hew’

Frankish *hauwā

Anglo-Norman houe

Middle English howe

English hoe

Today it means

noun The amount held or moved by a hoe at once.

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