English

leafhopper

From leaf + hopper.

A compound of leaf + hopper

Proto-Germanic *laubą

Proto-West Germanic *laub

Old English lēaf

Middle English lef ‘Foliage’

English leaf

Proto-Germanic *huppōną

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Old English hoppian ‘to hop’

Old English *hoppa ‘one who hops, hopper’

Middle English *hoppe

Middle English hoppere

Today it means

noun Any insect of the family Cicadellidae.

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

Etymograph / leafhopper