English

hooktop

From hook + top.

A compound of hook + top

Proto-Germanic *hōkaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōk

Old English hōc ‘hook’

Middle English hoke

English hook

Proto-Germanic *tuppaz ‘braid’

Proto-West Germanic *topp ‘top’

Old English topp ‘top’

Middle English top ‘the peak of a mountain or other landform’

English top

Today it means

adj Having a hook-like element at the top, as in some phonetic symbols such as Ɓ ("hooktop B").

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