hoveren

Middle English

Etymology

Probably from hoven (“hover; of a bird: to fly high in the air, soar”)[1] (which it displaced) + -er- (frequentative suffix).[2][3]

Verb

hoveren

  1. hover (remain stationary in the air)
  2. hover (hang around or linger in a place or around someone)
  3. hover (to be indecisive or uncertain)

Descendants

  • English: hover

References

  1. ^ “họ̄ven, v.(1)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “họ̄veren, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  3. ^ “hover, v.1”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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