English

hopsack

From hop + sack.

A compound of hop + sack

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

Middle English sak ‘bag, sackcloth’

English sack

Today it means

noun A hemp sack used for holding hops.

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