Etymology

trapping

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Today it means: An instance of ensnaring something or someone. Full definition →

Middle English trappyng ← Medieval Latin trapus ← Frankish *traba, *trapa
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trapping · verb, noun1

From trap.

trapping · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*drāp-
  2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*trabō
  3. Frankish · derived from*traba, *trapa“cloth, thread, rag”
  4. Medieval Latin · derived fromtrapus“cloth”
  5. Middle English · inherited fromtrappyng
  6. English todaytrapping

From Middle English trappyng, trappynge, from trap, trappe (“personal belongings, owndom, household goods”) (compare Middle English trappen (“to deck, caparison”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin trapus (“cloth”), from Frankish *traba, *trapa (“cloth, thread, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *trabō, *trafą, *trēb (“fringe, rags”), from Proto-Indo-European *drāp-, *drāb- (“rag”). Akin to Old High German traba (“fringe, tatters, thread”), Old Norse traf (“headscarf”). Compare Spanish trapo (“rag”).

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