Where does “trapă” come from?

trapă (Romanian) comes from French trappe, from Middle French trappe, from Old French trape, 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...

trapă (Romanian): hatch

Definitions

  1. hatch

Ancestry of “trapă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchtrappehatch or trap door; trap
2Middle Frenchtrappe—
3Old Frenchtrapetrap; hiding place
4Medieval Latintrappa—
5Frankishtrappatrap, snare
6Proto-Germanictrap-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeandreb-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeander-to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European der- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European dreb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic trap- →