hove
English
/həʊv/, /hoʊv/
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To remain suspended in air, water etc.; to float, to hover.
- (obsolete) To wait, linger.
- (obsolete) To move on (on) or by (by).
- (intransitive) To remain; delay.
- (intransitive) To remain stationary (usually on horseback).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English hoven (move aside, entertain, foster, wait, hover, linger, cherish) inherited from Old English *hofian (receive into one's house) inherited from Proto-Germanic *hufōną (house, lodge), *hufą (hill, farm, house, dwelling, height, hall, estate, temple) derived from Proto-Indo-European *keup- (arch, buckle, a hollow, bend).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*keup-
Gloss
arch, buckle, a hollow, bend
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hoven English
- hover English
- hoverable English
- hoverbarge English
- hoverbike English
- hoverboard English
- hovercam English
- hovercar English
- hovercard English
- hoverchair English
- hovercraft English
- hovercycle English
- hoverer English
- hoverest English
- hovereth English
- hoverfly English
- hoverjet English
- hoverport English
- hoverslam English
- hovertrain English
- windhover English
- cūpa Latin
- *keup- Proto-Indo-European
- *kewp- Proto-Indo-European
- *hufą Proto-Germanic
- *hufōną Proto-Germanic
- *hofian Old English
- hafen Old English
- hof Old English
- yþhof Old English
- hovel Middle English
- hoven Middle English
- hoveren Middle English
- hof Old Norse
- hofran Welsh
- hof Middle Dutch
- hof Old High German
- Haff Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *hof Old Dutch
- hof Old Dutch
- hof Middle Low German
- hof Old Saxon
- hof Old Frisian