Online Etymology Dictionary

hip (n1.): "part of the body where pelvis and thigh join," O.E. hype, from P.Gmc. *khupiz (cf. Du. heup, Ger. Hüfte, Goth. hups "hip"), from PIE *qeub- "to bend." Hipsters "pants that ride on the hips" first attested 1962; hip-huggers in this sense first recorded 1967.
hip (n2.): "seed pod" (especially of wild rose), O.E. heope, hiope, from P.Gmc. *khiup- (cf. dial. Norw. hjupa, O.H.G. hiafo, Ger. hiefe, O.E. hiopa "briar, bramble").
hip (adj.): "informed," 1904, apparently originally in black slang, probably a variant of hep, with which it is identical in sense, though it is recorded four years earlier. Hip-hop music style first recorded 1982.
hip (interjection): exclamation used to introduce a united cheer (cf. hip-hip-hurrah), 1827, earlier hep, cf. Ger. hepp, to animals a cry to attack, to mobs a cry to attack Jews (see hep (2)); perhaps a natural sound (cf. L. eho, heus).
hippie: c.1965, Amer.Eng. (Haight-Ashbury slang), from earlier hippie, 1953, usually a disparaging variant of hipster (1941) "person who is keenly aware of the new and stylish," from hip "up-to-date" (see hip (adj.)).
Hippocratic oath: 1747, in the spirit of Hippocrates (c.460-377 B.C.E.), but not written by him.
hippodrome: 1585, from Fr. hippodrome, from L. hippodromos "race course," from Gk. hippodromos, from hippos "horse" + dromos "course."
hippogriff: 1656, from Fr. hippogriffe (16c.), from It. ippogrifo, from Gk. hippos "horse" + It. grifo, from L.L. gryphus "griffin" (see griffin). A creature part griffin, but with body and hind parts in the form of a horse.
hippopotamus: 1563, from L.L. hippopotamus, from Gk. hippopotamus "riverhorse" (earlier ho hippos ho potamios "the horse of the river"), from hippos "horse" + potamos "river, rushing water" (see petition). Replaced M.E. ypotame (c.1300), which is from the same source but via O.Fr.
"Ypotamos comen flyngynge. ... Grete bestes and griselich" ["Kyng Alisaunder," c.1300]
-ship: O.E. -sciepe, Anglian -scip "state, condition of being," from P.Gmc. *-skapaz (cf. O.N. -skapr, O.Fris. -skip, Du. -schap, Ger. -schaft), from base *skap- "to create, ordain, appoint." Cognate with O.E. gesceape (see shape).
apprenticeship: 1590s, from apprentice + -ship. Replaced earlier apprenticehood (late 14c., from -hood, q.v.).
archipelago: c.1500, from It. arcipelago "the Aegean Sea" (13c.), from Gk. arkhipelagos, from arkhi- "chief" (see archon) + pelagos "sea." Aegean Sea being full of island chains, the meaning was extended in It. to "any sea studded with islands." Etymologists, noting the absence of arkhipelagos in ancient or Med.Gk. (the modern word in Gk. is borrowed from It.) believe it is an It. mistake for Aigaion pelagos "Aegean Sea" (M.L. Egeopelagus), or influenced by that name.
authorship: c.1500, "the function of being a writer," from author + -ship. Meaning "literary origin" is attested from 1825.
battleship: 1794, shortened from line-of-battle ship (1705), one large enough to take part in a main attack (formerly one of 74-plus guns). Battleship-gray as a color is attested from 1916. Fighter and bomber airplanes in World War I newspaper articles were sometimes called battleplanes, but it did not catch on.
blue chip: high value poker counter, from 1904 in the figurative sense of "valuable;" stock exchange sense, in reference to "shares considered a reliable investment," is first recorded 1929.
brinkmanship: also brinksmanship, with parasitic -s-, from brink (the image of the brink of war dates to at least 1840). Associated with the policies advocated by John Foster Dulles (1888-1959), U.S. Secretary of State 1953-1959. The word springs from Dulles' philosophy as outlined in a magazine interview [with Time-Life Washington bureau chief James Shepley] early 1956:
"The ability to get to the verge without getting into the war is the necessary art. If you cannot master it, you inevitably get into war. If you try to run away from it, if you are scared to go to the brink, you are lost."
The quote was widely criticized by the Eisenhower Administration's opponents, and the first attested use of brinkmanship seems to have been in such a context, a few weeks after the magazine appeared, by Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson criticizing Dulles for "boasting of his brinkmanship, ... the art of bringing us to the edge of the nuclear abyss."
censorship: 1591, "office of a censor," from censor + -ship. Meaning "action of censoring" is from 1856.
championship: 1825, "position of a champion," from champion + -ship. Meaning "competition to determine a champion" is recorded from 1893.
chip (v.): O.E. forcippian "to pare away by cutting," v. form of cipp "small piece of wood," perhaps from PIE base *keipo- "sharp post" (cf. Du. kip "small strip of wood," L. cippus "post, stake, beam"). Sense of "break off fragments" is 18c. Noun is attested by early 14c.; meaning "counter used in a game of chance" is first recorded 1840; electronics sense is from 1962. Used for thin slices of foodstuffs (originally fruit) since 1769; specific ref. to potatoes is from 1859 (in "A Tale of Two Cities"); potato chip is attested by 1886. Meaning "piece of dried dung" first attested 1846. To chip in "contribute" (1861) may come from card-playing. Potato chip is 1859. Chip of the old block is used by Milton (1642); earlier form was chip of the same block (1621); more common modern phrase with off in place of of is early 20c. To have a chip on one's shoulder is from at least 1820s, U.S., from the custom of a boy determined to fight putting a chip on his shoulder and defying another to knock it off. Chip in "contribute" is 1861, Amer.Eng.
chipmunk: 1841, from Algonquian, probably Ojibwa ajidamoo (in the Ottawa dialect ajidamoonh) "red squirrel," lit. "one who descends trees headlong" (containing ajid- "upside down"), probably infl. by Eng. chip and mink.
chipotle: "smoke-dried jalapeño chili," from Mex.Sp., ult. a Nahuatl (Aztec) word, said to be a compound of xilli "chili" + poctli "smoke."
Chippendale: 1876, from Thomas Chippendale (c.1718-79), English cabinetmaker. The family name (13c.) is from Chippingdale, Lancashire (probably from O.E. ceaping "a market, marketplace," related to cheap). Chippendales beefcake dance revue, began late 1970s in a Los Angeles nightclub, the name said to have been chosen for its suggestion of elegance and class.
chipper: 1837, "lively, nimble," Amer.Eng., from northern British dial. kipper "nimble, frisky," origin obscure.
Chippewa: see Ojibwa.
chippy: "promiscuous young woman; prostitute," 1880, U.S. slang, earlier (1864) short for chipping-bird "sparrow," perhaps ultimately a variant of cheep.
citizenship: 1611, from citizen + -ship.
courtship: 1580, "behavior of a courtier," from court + -ship. Meaning "paying court to a woman with intention of marriage" is from 1590s.
dictatorship: 1580s, from dictator + -ship.
eohippus: "oldest known genus of the horse family," 1879, from Mod.L., from Gk. eos (see eo-) + hippos "horse."
fellowship: c.1200, from fellow + -ship. In M.E. it was at times a euphemism for "sexual intercourse" (carnal fellowship).
flagship: 1670s, ship bearing an admiral's flag, from flag (n.) + ship (n.).
friendship: O.E. freondscipe; see friend + -ship.
leadership: 1821, "position of a leader," from leader + -ship. Sense extended by late 19c. to "characteristics necessary to be a leader."
membership: 1640s, "State of being a member," from member + -ship. Meaning "number of members" is from 1850.
microchip: "integrated circuit," 1975, from micro- + chip.
midshipman: c.1600, so called because he was stationed amidships when on duty.
musicianship: 1867, from musician + -ship.
one-upsmanship: 1952, from noun phrase one up "scoring one more point than one's opponent" (1919).
ownership: 1580s, from owner (see own (v.)) + -ship.
penmanship: 1695, from obs. penman "copyist, clerk, scrivener" (1612), from pen (1) + man.
relationship: 1744, "sense of being related," from relation + -ship. Specifically of romantic or sexual relationships by 1944.
ship (n.): O.E. scip "ship, boat," from P.Gmc. *skipan (cf. O.N., O.S., Goth. skip, Dan. skib, Swed. skepp, M.Du. scip, Du. schip, O.H.G. skif, Ger. Schiff), perhaps originally "tree cut out or hollowed out," and derived from PIE base *skei- "to cut, split." The O.E. word was used for small craft as well; in 19c., distinct from a boat in having a bowsprit and three masts, each with a lower, top, and topgallant mast. Fr. esquif, It. schifo are Gmc. loan-words. Ship-board "side of a ship" is from c.1200. Ship-shape "properly arranged" first attested 1644. Phrase ships that pass in the night is from Longfellow's poem "Aftermath" (1873). Phrase runs a tight ship is attested from 1971.
ship (v.): c.1300, "to send or transport by ship," from ship (n.). Transf. to other means of conveyance (railroad, etc.) from 1857, originally Amer.Eng. Shipment "that which is shipped" is from 1861.
shipwreck (n.): mid-15c., from ship (n.) + wreck. Earlier it meant "things cast up from a shipwreck" (c.1100). The verb is recorded from 1580s. The earlier word for "shipwreck" in the modern sense was M.E. schipbreke, from O.E. scipbryce.
shipyard: c.1700, from ship (n.) + yard (1).
showmanship: 1859, from showman "one who presents shows" (1734); see show (n.).
township: O.E. tunscipe "inhabitants or population of a town." Applied in M.E. to "manor, parish, or other division of a hundred." Specific sense of "local division or district in a parish, each with a village or small town and its own church" is from 1540; as a local municipal division of a county in U.S. and Canada, first recorded 1685.
warship: 1533, from war + ship (n.).
whip (v.): mid-13c., wippen "flap violently," from P.Gmc. *wipp- (cf. Dan. vippe "to raise with a swipe," M.Du., Du. wippen "to swing," O.H.G. wipf "swing, impetus"), from PIE *wib- "move quickly." The noun is attested from early 14c. In parliamentary use from 1850 (the v3rb in this sense is recorded from 1742), from the sense in fox-hunting. The parliamentary whip's duty originally was to ensure the attendance of party members on important occasions. The cookery sense is from 1670s. Whipping boy first recorded 1640s; whipping block is from c.1877. Whip-saw is attested from 1530s; whip snake first recorded 1774.
whiplash: 1573, "the lash of a whip," from whip + lash. The injury caused by sudden head motion so called by 1955, in ref. to the notion of moving to and fro like a cracking whip. The verb in this sense is recorded by 1971.