MEANING: adverb: Perhaps. ETYMOLOGY: From the phrase 'it may hap', from Middle English hap, from Old Norse happ (luck, chance).

What is mayhap mean?

If "mayhap" looks to you like a relative of its synonym "perhaps," you're right - the words are related. Both ultimately derive from the Middle English noun hap, meaning "chance" or "fortune." "Mayhap" was formed by combining the phrase "(it) may hap" into a single word.

Is mayhap an English word?

A: The word “mayhap” (sometimes “mayhaps”) is an old adverb meaning “perhaps” or “possibly.” It was first recorded in writing in the 16th century, according to published references in the Oxford English Dictionary.