Where does “strappies” come from?
strappies (English) comes from English strappy, from English strap, from English strope, from Middle English strope, from Old French estrope, from Latin stroppus, from Ancient Greek στρόφος, from Ancient Greek ἄνθος — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
strappies (English): strappy shoes for women
Definitions
- strappy shoes for women
Ancestry of “strappies”, step by step
strappies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English strappy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | strappy | Of clothing, featuring or characterized by straps |
| 2 | English | strap | A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth,... |
| 3 | English | strope | loop on a harness |
| 4 | Middle English | strope | — |
| 5 | Old French | estrope | strap, loop on a harness |
| 6 | Latin | stroppus | strap, band, thong; garter; wreath |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | στρόφος | thong; rope; twisted band, cord |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄνθος | flower, blossom, bloom; froth, scum; bloom, peak |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | ántʰos | flower, blossom |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éndʰos | bloom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via English S
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | S | The ordinal number nineteenth, derived from this... |