Reconstruction:Latin/frappo

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Frankish *hrapōn, *hrappōn (“to jerk, snatch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrappo/

Verb

*frappō (present infinitive *frappāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

1. hit, stike, bash

Descendants

• Old French: fraper, frapper
  • Middle French: frapper, fraper
    • French: frapper
  • → Middle English: frapen, frappen
    • → English: frap
• Italian: frappare
  • ⇒ Italian: affrappare
    • → English: affrap (obsolete, rare)
• Old Occitan: frappar
  • Catalan: frappar
  • Occitan: frapar