Where does “groppo” come from?
groppo (Italian) comes from Vulgar Latin *cruppus, from Proto-Germanic kruppaz, from Proto-Indo-European grewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
groppo (Italian): a tangle; a knot; a sudden cluster
Definitions
- a tangle; a knot; a sudden cluster
Ancestry of “groppo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | *cruppus | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kruppaz | a body; mass; a compressed, round mass; lump;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | grewb- | to warp, bend, crawl; to bend, crouch, crawl; to... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
Words derived from “groppo”