Etymology

frap

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Today it means: To draw together tightly; to secure by many turns of a lashing. Full definition →

Middle English frapen ← Old French fraper
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frap · verb1

  1. Old French · derived fromfraper
  2. Middle English · inherited fromfrapen
  3. English todayfrap

From Middle English frapen, from Old French fraper.

frap · noun2

Clipping.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchfraper all →

frappé

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.