English

hopbush

From hop + bush.

A compound of hop + bush

Proto-Indo-European *kewb- ‘to bend’

Proto-Germanic *huppōną ‘to hop’

Proto-West Germanic *huppōn

Old English hoppian ‘to hop’

Middle English hoppen

English hop

Proto-Germanic *buskaz ‘bush’

Proto-West Germanic *busk ‘bush’

Old English *busċ

Middle English bush ‘bush’

English bush

Today it means

noun Any of the genus Dodonaea of flowering plants in the soapberry family, especially Dodonaea viscosa.

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