The story
- Scots · derived fromroup“to shout”
- Scots · borrowed fromroupit
- English todayroopit
From Scots roupit, roupet, past participle of Scots roup (“to shout”), equivalent to English roop + -ed. More at roop.
Words from the same roots
Scotsroup all →
ropy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.