English
hopene
From hop + -ene, as found in the hop plant.
Formed from hop + -ene
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
Today it means
noun A pentacyclic triterpene hydrocarbon produced from squalene by a cyclase enzyme.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hopene