The story
- Latin · derived frompropago“I extend, propagate”
- Middle Low German · derived frompropp“support (for vines), stopper plug”
- English todayPropp
North German surname, from Middle Low German propp (“support (for vines), stopper plug”), of uncertain origin, perhaps borrowed from Latin propago (“I extend, propagate”).
Words from the same roots
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.