Where does “drape” come from?

Drape comes from Middle English drape, from Old French draper, from Old French drap, from Latin drappus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- meaning to weave or plait.

drape (English): A curtain; a drapery; The way in which fabric...

Definitions

  1. A curtain; a drapery; The way in which fabric...

Ancestry of “drape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishdrapea drape
2Old Frenchdraperto drape; to full cloth; to drape", "also", "to...
3Old Frenchdrapsheet or covering; clothing
4Latindrappumaccusative singular of drappus

Words derived from “drape”

Every word from Latin drappum →