strap

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*strebʰ-
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromστρόφος“rope”
3. Latin · derived fromstroppus
4. Old French · derived fromestrope“strap, loop on a harness”
5. Old English · inherited fromstrop
6. Middle English · inherited fromstrope
7. English todaystrap

From a variant of earlier strope (“loop on a harness”), from Middle English strope, stroppe, from Late Old English strop, stropp (“a band, thong, strap; oar-thong”) and Old French estrope (“strap, loop on a harness”), both from Latin stroppus, struppus (“strap”), from Ancient Greek στρόφος (stróphos, “rope”) (compare strophe), from στρέφω (stréphō, “to twist”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *strebʰ- (compare Proto-West Germanic *stroppōn (“to twist, writhe”)). Cognate with Scots strap, strop (“strap, band, thong”), Dutch strop (“noose, strop, loop”), Low German Strop (“strap”), German Struppe, Strüppe, Strippe (“string, cord”), Danish strop (“strap”), Swedish stropp (“strap, loop”).