Where does “drapo” come from?
drapo (Esperanto) comes from Italian drappo, from Latin drappus, from Frankish drāpi, from Proto-Germanic drapiz, from Proto-Germanic drepaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...
drapo (Esperanto): cloth
Definitions
- cloth
Ancestry of “drapo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | drappo | cloth; curtain; drape |
| 2 | Latin | drappus | piece of cloth |
| 3 | Frankish | drāpi | that which is fulled, drabcloth |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | drapiz | strike, blow, deathblow; a strike, hit, blow |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | drepaną | to hit, strike |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰrebʰ- | to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to... |