Etymology

swooper

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Today it means: One who, or that which, swoops. Full definition →

English swoop ← Middle English swopen ← Old English swāpan
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*swaipaną
  2. Proto-West Germanic*swaipan
  3. Old Englishswāpan
  4. Middle Englishswopen
  5. Englishswoop
  6. English todayswooper

From swoop + -er.

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