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Where does “regndropa” come from?

regndropa (Old English) comes from Proto-Germanic regnadrupô, from Proto-Germanic drupô, from Proto-Germanic dreupaną, from Proto-Indo-European dʰrebʰ- — to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

regndropa (Old English): drop of rain, raindrop

Definitions

  1. drop of rain, raindrop

Ancestry of “regndropa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Germanicregnadrupôraindrop
2Proto-Germanicdrupôa drop
3Proto-GermanicdreupanąTo droop; drip
4Proto-Indo-Europeandʰrebʰ-to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment; to...

Words derived from “regndropa”

  • raindrop
  • reyn drope
  • rein-drope
  • reyn-drope
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