## Meanings
1. A knitted piece of clothing worn on the upper body for warmth; a sweater (British English).
2. A person who jumps.
3. A short wire used to make a temporary electrical connection.

## Examples
- It was cold, so she pulled on a thick woollen jumper.
- As the jumper neared the ground, she lost control.
- He used a jumper to bridge the two terminals.

## Derived Forms
- baby-jumper
- buckjumper
- counterjumper
- high-jumper
- hoop-jumper
- jumperism
- jumperless
- jumperlike
- long-jumper
- puddle-jumper
- queue-jumper
- rattler-jumper

## Related Forms
- jumpster

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: juype
- Root: jupe
- Root: جُبَّة
- Root: ج ب ب

## Etymology
From the term jump (“short coat”) + -er, originally in sailors' jargon, ultimately of uncertain origin. Jump is possibly from Scottish English jupe (“man's loose jacket or tunic”), from Middle English juype, gype, joupe, from Old French jupe, juppe, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba); see also jibba. Cognate with Middle Low German jōpe, gōpe (“waistcoat, jacket”), German Joppe (“jacket”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from jump.

## AI Etymology
Jumper comes from the term jump (“short coat”) + -er, originally in sailors' jargon, ultimately of uncertain origin. Jump is possibly from Scottish English jupe (“man's loose jacket or tunic”), from Middle English juype, gype, joupe, from Old French jupe, juppe, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba); see also jibba. Cognate with Middle Low German jōpe, gōpe (“waistcoat, jacket”), German Joppe (“jacket”). Alternatively, perhaps derived from jump. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. The historical line also includes ج ب ب.

## Topics
- Clothing & Appearance

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