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Where does “șchiopăta” come from?

șchiopăta (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin excloppitare, from Late Latin excloppus, from Latin cloppus.

șchiopăta (Romanian): to limp

Definitions

  1. to limp

Ancestry of “șchiopăta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexcloppitare—
2Late Latinexcloppus—
3Latincloppus—
Every word from Latin cloppus →