Etymology of the English word drop
the English word
dropderived from the English word
dripderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhreu-derived from the English word
droopderived from the Old Norse word
drupaderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*drohs-derived from the Old Norse word
drūpaDerivations in English
dropsonde,
airdrop,
droplet,
droppage,
dropper,
dropwort,
eardrop,
paradrop,
snowdrop,
teardrop,
wristdrop,
backdrop,
droplight,
gumdrop,
beechdrops,
pinedrops,
sundrops,
dropout,
dropback,
dewdrop,
raindrop,
dropped,
droppingDerivations in other languages
French
droper, French
drop, Portuguese
dropeCognates
Dutch
drups, Dutch
drop, German
Drops, German
Tropfen, Icelandic
dropi, Swedish
dropp, Swedish
droppeUsage
Word found in Modern English
