Where does “dip” come from?

Dip comes from Old English dyppan, from Proto-Germanic dupjaną, a verb of uncertain ultimate origin meaning to immerse in liquid.

dip (English): A lower section of a road or geological feature;...

Definitions

  1. A lower section of a road or geological feature;...

Ancestry of “dip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdippen—
2Old Englishdyppanto dip
3Proto-Germanicdupjaną—

Words derived from “dip”

Every word from Proto-Germanic dupjaną →Every word from Old English dyppan →Every word from Middle English dippen →