English
hoopy
From hoop + -y.
Formed from hoop + -y
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
Today it means
adj Shaped like a hoop.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hoopy