Where does “attrappare” come from?

attrappare (Italian) comes from Old French atraper, from Frankish trappa, from Proto-Germanic trap-, from Proto-Indo-European dreb-, from Proto-Indo-European der- — to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

attrappare (Italian): to grab, to catch

Definitions

  1. to grab, to catch

Ancestry of “attrappare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchatraper—
2Frankishtrappatrap, snare
3Proto-Germanictrap-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeandreb-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...

Words derived from “attrappare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dreb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trap- →