Where does “dope set” come from?
dope set (English) comes from English seṭ, from English sept, from English sect, from Middle English secte, from Old French secte, from Late Latin secta, from Latin sequi, from Latin sequor — to follow; to see; to say.
dope set (English): A street or section of a town or city where drugs are either used or sold
Definitions
- A street or section of a town or city where drugs are either used or sold
Ancestry of “dope set”, step by step
dope set traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English seṭ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | seṭ | of a root, having a final "i" sound in certain... |
| 2 | English | sept | A clan, tribe, or family, proceeding from a... |
| 3 | English | sect | An offshoot of a larger religion; a group sharing... |
| 4 | Middle English | secte | A variety or sort; a category with a... |
| 5 | Old French | secte | a sect in philosophy or religion |
| 6 | Late Latin | secta | a sect in philosophy or religion, a school,... |
| 7 | Latin | sequi | present active infinitive of sequor; follow, come... |
| 8 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |
via English dope
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dope | Any viscous liquid or paste, such as a lubricant,... |
| 2 | Dutch | doop | baptism; christening; hazing |
| 3 | Dutch | dopen | to dip, to immerse; to baptize, to christen; to... |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dôpen | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | dōpen | to dip, to immerse |
| 6 | Frankish | daupijan | to dip, to immerse |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | daupijaną | to dip in a liquid, to immerse |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewb- | deep, hollow; depths, hollow, deep, bottom |