Hamper Definition

Origin of Hamper

• 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

• 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