Hamper Definition
(nautical) Articles ordinarily indispensable, but in the way at certain times.
Origin of Hamper
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From Middle English hamper, contracted from hanaper, hanypere, from Anglo-Norman hanaper, Old French hanapier, hanepier (“case for holding a large goblet or cup”), from hanap (“goblet, drinking cup”), from Old Frankish *hnapp (“cup, bowl, basin”), from Proto-Germanic *hnappaz (“cup, bowl”). Cognate with Old High German hnapf (“cup, bowl, basin”) (German Napf (“bowl”)), Dutch nap (“cup”), Old English hnæpp (“bowl”). More at nap.
From Wiktionary
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From Middle English hamperen, hampren (“to hamper, oppress”), probably of the same origin as English hamble (“to limp”), Scots hamp (“to halt in walking, stutter”), Dutch haperen (“to falter, hesitate”), German hemmen (“to stop, hinder, check”). More at hamble.
From Wiktionary
Middle English alteration of Anglo-Norman hanaper from Old French hanepier a case for holding goblets from hanap goblet of Germanic origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English hamperen
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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