Where does “trape” come from?

trape (Old French) comes from Medieval Latin trappa, 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...

trape (Old French): trap; hiding place

Definitions

  1. trap; hiding place

Ancestry of “trape”, step by step

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

Words derived from “trape”

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