Where does “trapper” come from?
Trapper comes from English trap with the agentive suffix -er, derived from Swedish trapp, Old French -er, and Latin -āre, -ārius, and -us, ultimately from Proto-Italic -os.
trapper (English): One who traps animals; one who makes a business...
Definitions
- One who traps animals; one who makes a business...
Ancestry of “trapper”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | trap | A machine or other device designed to catch (and sometimes kill) animals, either by holding them in a container, or by catching hold of part of the body |
| 2 | Middle English | trappe | trap |
| 3 | Old English | træppe | a trap |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | trap- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dreb- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |