Etymograph

English

hopediction

Blend of hope + prediction.

A blend of hope + prediction

Proto-West Germanic *hopōn ‘to wait in anticipation’

Old English hopian

Middle English hopen ‘to hope’

English hope

Latin praedīcō

Latin praedictiō ‘foretelling, prediction’

English prediction

Today it means

noun The act of hopedicting. Prediction with optimism.

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

Etymograph / hopediction