Where does “reps” come from?

reps (French) comes from English ribs, from English rib, from Middle English rib, from Old English ribb, from Proto-West Germanic ribb, from Proto-Germanic ribją, from Proto-Indo-European h₁rebʰ- — to cover, to roof; rib.

reps (French): rep

Definitions

  1. rep

Ancestry of “reps”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishribsplural of rib; Third-person singular simple...
2EnglishribAny of a series of long curved bones occurring in...
3Middle Englishrib
4Old Englishribbrib
5Proto-West Germanicribb
6Proto-Germanicribjąrib; reef, ridge
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁rebʰ-to cover, to roof; rib

Words derived from “reps

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁rebʰ-
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