Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗Of the color of some types of drabcloth: dull brownish yellow or dun. · Particularly of color: dull, uninteresting.
A fabric, usually of thick cotton or wool, having a dull brownish yellow, dull grey, or dun colour. · The color of this fabric. · Often in the plural form drabs: apparel, especially trousers, made from this fabric. · A dull or uninteresting appearance or situation, unremarkable.
Probably from Middle French and Old French drap (“cloth”), either: * from Late Latin drappus (“drabcloth, kerchief; piece of cloth”), most likely from Gaulish *drappo, from Proto-Indo-European *drep- (“to scratch, tear”); or * from Frankish *drapi, *drāpi (“that which is fulled, drabcloth”), from Proto-Germanic *drap-, *drēp- (“something beaten”), from *drepaną (“to beat, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to beat, crush; to make or become thick”). The English word is cognate with Ancient Greek δρέπω (drépō, “to pluck”), Avestan 𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬟𐬱𐬀 (drafša, “banner, flag”), Lithuanian drãpanos (“household linens”), Old Norse trefja (“to rub, wear out”), trof (“fringes”), Sanskrit द्रापि (drāpi, “mantle, gown”), Serbo-Croatian drápati (“to scratch, scrape”)).
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- Root classification mention*dʰrebʰ-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*drep-ine-pro
- Derivation mentiondrapfro · cloth
- Derivation mention*drappocel-gau
- Derivation mention*drep-ine-pro · to scratch, tear
- Derivation mention*drap-gem-pro
- Derivation mention*dʰrebʰ-ine-pro · to beat, crush; to make or become thick
- Cognate mentionδρέπωgrc · to pluck
- Cognate mention𐬛𐬭𐬀𐬟𐬱𐬀ae · banner, flag
- Cognate mentiondrãpanoslt · household linens
- Cognate mentiontrefjanon · to rub, wear out
- Cognate mentionद्रापिsa · mantle, gown
- Cognate mentiondrápatish · to scratch, scrape
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