Where does “chop” come from?
Chop comes from English chap, from Middle English chepman, from Old English ċēapmann, from Proto-Germanic kaupamann-, ultimately from Latin caupo meaning an innkeeper or trader.
chop (English): A cut of meat, often containing a section of a...
Definitions
- A cut of meat, often containing a section of a...
Ancestry of “chop”, step by step
chop traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Ukrainian Чо́п
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukrainian | Чо́п | — |
| 2 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 3 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 4 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 5 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 6 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |