## Meanings
1. To make something difficult to do; to slow or block progress.
2. A large basket with a lid, used for carrying food, laundry, or other items.

## Examples
- Heavy rain hampered the rescue efforts for several hours.
- They packed a hamper full of food for the picnic.

## Derived Forms
- hamperer
- hamperful
- hamperless
- top-hamper
- unhamper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: hamper
- Root: hanaper
- Root: hanapier
- Root: *hnapp
- Root: *hnappaz

## Etymology
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 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.

## AI Etymology
Hamper is 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 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. Important recorded forms include hamper (Middle English), hanaper (xno), hanapier (Old French), *hnapp (frk), and *hnappaz (Proto-Germanic). Current senses include to make something difficult to do; to slow or block progress and a large basket with a lid, used for carrying food, laundry, or other items. The wider family includes derived forms such as hamperer, hamperful, hamperless, top-hamper, and unhamper.

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