Etymology

elopement

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Today it means: The act of running away from home with a paramour. Full definition →

English elope ← Anglo-Norman aloper ← Proto-West Germanic *andihlaupan
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂unt-
  3. Proto-Germanic*unþa-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*unþa-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*klewb-
  6. Proto-Germanic*hlaupaną
  7. Proto-West Germanic*hlaupan
  8. Proto-West Germanic*andihlaupan
  9. Anglo-Normanaloper
  10. Englishelope
  11. English todayelopement

From elope + -ment.

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