Where does “treap” come from?

treap (English) comes from English heap, from Middle English hepe, from Old English hēope, from Proto-Germanic heupǭ, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.

treap (English): A type of randomized binary search tree where...

Definitions

  1. A type of randomized binary search tree where...

Ancestry of “treap”, step by step

treap traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English heap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishheapA crowd; a throng; a multitude or great number of...
2Middle Englishhepecrowd, multitude, assembly
3Old Englishhēopehip the fruit of a rose
4Proto-Germanicheupǭthornbush
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱewb-briar, thorn
6Proto-Indo-Europeanḱew-skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to...
7Proto-Indo-Europeangʷṓwscattle

via English tree

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtreeA perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but...
2Middle EnglishtreA tree or a plant that resembles one
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws
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