Etymology

thorp

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Today it means: A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. Full definition →

Middle English thorp ← Old English þorp ← Proto-West Germanic *þorp
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thorp · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*trab-
  2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*þurpą
  3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*þorp
  4. Old English · inherited fromþorp
  5. Middle English · inherited fromthorp
  6. English todaythorp

From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village”), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorf and dorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.

Thorp · proper noun2

  1. Old Norse · derived fromþorp“farm”
  2. English todayThorp

* As an English surname, spelling variant of Thorpe. * As a North Germanic surname, spelling variant of Torp, from a placename derived from Old Norse þorp (“farm”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishþorp all →

thorpeGilstrapCalthorpeOakthorpe

Old Norseþorp all →

Nunthorpe

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