Etymology

zope

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Today it means: A fish of species Ballerus ballerus (syn. Abramis ballerus) native to Eurasia. Full definition →

German Zope
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  1. German · borrowed fromZope
  2. English todayzope

Unadapted borrowing from dialectal German Zope (French sope), probably from Slavic (compare Russian сапа́ (sapá)).

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