English

hoopmaking

From hoop + making.

A compound of hoop + making

Proto-Indo-European *kewb- ‘to bend, bow, arch, vault’

Proto-Germanic *hōpą ‘bend, bow, arch’

Old English hōp ‘mound, raised land’

Middle English hoop

English hoop

Old English macung

Middle English making

Today it means

noun The manufacture of hoops.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / hoopmaking