Etymology

shallop

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Today it means: A shallow-draft riverboat. Full definition →

First used late 16th C.French chaloupe ← Dutch sloep
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The story

  1. Dutch · derived fromsloep
  2. French · borrowed fromchaloupe
  3. English todayshallop

Borrowed from French chaloupe, possibly from Dutch sloep. Doublet of chaloupe, chalupa, escalope, escallop, scallop, and sloop.

Words from the same roots

Frenchchaloupe all →

chaloupe

Dutchsloep all →

sloop

First known use, by meaning

  • late 16th C. A shallow-draft riverboat.
  • late 16th C. A dinghy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.