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
Ancestry of “trape”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Medieval Latin | trappa | — |
| 2 | Frankish | trappa | trap, snare |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | trap- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | dreb- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |
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