Etymograph

English

hove

Hove comes from Middle English hoven ‘to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain,…’, from Old English *hofian ‘to receive into one's house’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *keup- ‘to arch, bend, buckle’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keup-‘to arch, bend, buckle’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hufą‘hill, height, farm, dwelling’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hufōną‘to house, lodge’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150*hofian‘to receive into one's house’reconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hoven‘to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1485hove

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keup-‘to arch, bend, buckle’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hufą‘hill, height, farm, dwelling’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*hufōną‘to house, lodge’reconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150*hofian‘to receive into one's house’reconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hoven‘to linger, wait, hover, move aside, entertain, cherish, foster’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1485hove

Earliest quotation: 1485, Sir Thomas Malory: “Alle these xv knyghtes were knyghtes of the table…”

Linked words

through Proto-Germanic *hufą ‘hill, height, farm, dwelling’

hof, 2 more

Another origin of hove

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500hoven
  2. Englishtodayhove

Today it means

verb To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keup- / hove

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