English

inhoop

From in- + hoop.

Formed from in- + hoop

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *kewb- ‘to bend, bow, arch, vault’

Proto-Germanic *hōpą ‘bend, bow, arch’

Old English hōp ‘mound, raised land’

Middle English hoop

English hoop

Today it means

verb To confine or enclose as with a hoop or hoops; coop up.

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