Etymology

clep

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Today it means: To chatter, gossip, tell tales. Full definition →

Middle English clepen ← Old English cleopian
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clep · verb1

  1. Old English · inherited fromcleopian
  2. Middle English · inherited fromclepen
  3. English todayclep

From Middle English clepen, from Old English cleopian, clipian.

clep · verb2

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*klappijan
  2. Old English · inherited from*cleppan
  3. Middle English · inherited fromcleppen
  4. English todayclep

From Middle English cleppen, from Old English *cleppan, clæppan, from Proto-West Germanic *klappijan. Cognate with Dutch kleppen (“to chatter”).

Words from the same roots

Middle Englishclepen all →

clepe

Old Englishcleopian all →

clepe

Proto-West Germanic*klappijan all →

clap

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.