Etymology

bedrop

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Today it means: To cover with drops; to splash or spatter. Full definition →

Middle English bidroppen
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  1. Middle English · inherited frombidroppen
  2. English todaybedrop

From Middle English bidroppen, equivalent to be- + drop. Cognate with German betropfen.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.