Etymology

droop

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Today it means: To hang downward; to sag. Full definition →

Middle English droupen ← Old Norse drúpa ← Proto-Germanic *drūpaną
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*dʰrewb-“to drip, drop”
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*drūpaną
  3. Old Norse · derived fromdrúpa“to droop”
  4. Middle English · inherited fromdroupen
  5. English todaydroop

Inherited from Middle English droupen, from Old Norse drúpa (“to droop”), from Proto-Germanic *drūpaną, *drupōną (“to hang down, drip, drop”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrewb- (“to drip, drop”). Doublet of drip and drop.

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