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Where does “galopar” come from?

galopar (Spanish) comes from Old French galoper, from Frankish wala hlaupan, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną, from Proto-Indo-European klaup-.

galopar (Spanish): to gallop

Definitions

  1. to gallop

Ancestry of “galopar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgaloperto gallop
2Frankishwala hlaupanto run well
3Proto-Germanichlaupanąto jump forward, to leap
4Proto-Indo-Europeanklaup-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European klaup- →