English
hosepipe
From hose + pipe.
Proto-Germanic *husǭ ‘coverings, leggings, trousers’
Proto-West Germanic *hosā ‘outer cover, shell’
Old English hose ‘hose, leggings’
Middle English hose ‘leggings, hose’
English hose
Latin pīpō ‘to pip, peep’
Vulgar Latin *pīpa
Proto-West Germanic *pīpā
Old English pīpe
Middle English pīpe ‘a piece of tubing which string or rope is…’
English pipe
Today it means
noun A flexible pipe for carrying water or other liquids.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hosepipe