Etymology

drip

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Today it means: To fall one drop at a time. Full definition →

Middle English drippen ← Old English drypan ← Proto-Germanic *drupjaną
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drip · verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*drupô“drop”
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*drupjaną“to fall in drops, drip”
  3. Old English · inherited fromdrypan
  4. Middle English · inherited fromdrippen
  5. English todaydrip

From Middle English drippen, druppen, from Old English drypan, from Proto-Germanic *drupjaną (“to fall in drops, drip”), from Proto-Germanic *drupô (“drop”). Akin to West Frisian drippe (“to drip”), Dutch druipen, druppelen (“to drip”), German Low German drüppen (“to drip”), German tropfen, tröpfeln (“to drip”), Norwegian Bokmål dryppe, Norwegian Nynorsk drypa (“to drip”).

drip · noun2

  1. Middle English · inherited fromdrippe
  2. English todaydrip

From Middle English drippe, from the verb (see above). Compare West Frisian drip (“drip”), Dutch drup (“drip”), Danish dryp (“drip”). (style, swagger): Compare the verb sense "to have a superabundance of valuable things".

drip · noun3

Acronym.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*drupô all →

drop

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