scupper

scupper · noun¹

1. Dutch · derived fromscheppen“to draw off”
2. Dutch · borrowed fromschop“shovel”
3. Middle English · derived fromscope“scoop”
4. English todayscupper

Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English scope (“scoop”) or Dutch schop (“shovel”) + -er; or from Dutch scheppen (“to draw off”).

scupper · verb²

Of unknown origin; possibly verbized form of Etymology 1, but this is unlikely.

Words from the same roots