Etymology

backdrop

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Today it means: A decorated cloth hung at the back of a stage. Full definition →

English drop ← Middle English bak ← Old English bæc
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeg-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*baką
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bak
  4. Old Englishbæc
  5. Middle Englishbak
  6. Englishback
  7. Englishdrop
  8. English todaybackdrop

From back + drop.

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