Unnumbered source etymology · variant 1/2
Original entry ↗To affect with drugs. · To treat with dope (lubricant, etc.). · To add a dopant such as arsenic to (a pure semiconductor such as silicon). · To use drugs; especially, to use prohibited performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sporting competitions.
From Dutch doop (“thick dipping sauce”), from Dutch dopen (“to dip”), from Middle Dutch dopen, from Old Dutch *dōpen, from Frankish *daupijan, from Proto-Germanic *daupijaną. “Doop” in the sense “narcotic drug” ultimately refers to viscous opium juice, the drug of choice of the ancient Greeks; “insider information” perhaps from knowing which horse had been doped in a race. Sense of "stupid person" perhaps following from the drug sense (i.e. relating to those intoxicated on opium), compare dope up. Related to English dip and German taufen. Unrelated to dopamine.
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