Where does “drap” come from?

drap (Middle French) comes from Old French drap, from Latin drappum — accusative singular of drappus.

drap (Middle French): cloth

Definitions

  1. cloth

Ancestry of “drap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdrapsheet or covering; clothing
2Latindrappumaccusative singular of drappus
Every word from Latin drappum →
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