Where does “drap” come from?

Drap comes from French drap, from Late Latin drappus, from Gaulish drappo, a word of uncertain ultimate origin referring to cloth or fabric.

drap (English): Cloth; To drop

Definitions

  1. Cloth; To drop

Ancestry of “drap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchdrapsheet, duvet
2Latindrappumaccusative singular of drappus

Words derived from “drap

Every word from Latin drappum
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