Where does “chopper” come from?
Chopper derives from English chop, English chap, English chapman, Latin -are, Latin -are, Latin -arius, Latin -us, and Latin caupo, a tavern keeper or merchant.
chopper (English): A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax; A knife for...
Definitions
- A tool for chopping wood; an axe/ax; A knife for...
Ancestry of “chopper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | chop | A cut of meat, often containing a section of a... |
| 2 | Ukrainian | Чо́п | — |
| 3 | Hungarian | csap | tap, faucet; spigot, pivot, peg, pin; cone |
| 4 | German | Zapfen | gerund of zapfen; plug, bung, pin, tap, spigot;... |
| 5 | Middle High German | zapfen | — |
| 6 | Old High German | zapfo | — |
| 7 | Frankish | tappō | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tappô | plug; tap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂p- | to sacrifice; to lose |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | deh₂- | to share, divide |
Words derived from “chopper”