English
loopwise
From loop + -wise.
Formed from loop + -wise
Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’
Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to leap, run’
Old Norse hlaupa ‘to leap’
Old Norse hlaup ‘a run’
Middle English loupe ‘noose, loop’
English loop
Today it means
adj By means of loops
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / loopwise