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Where does “collop” come from?

collop (English) comes from Swedish kalops, from Old Swedish kollops — slices of beef stew.

collop (English): A slice of meat; A slice of bacon, a rasher; A...

Definitions

  1. A slice of meat; A slice of bacon, a rasher; A...

Ancestry of “collop”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishkalopsstewed meat
2Old Swedishkollopsslices of beef stew

Words derived from “collop”

  • colloped
Every word from Old Swedish kollops →