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Old English · noun

grop

Part of speech
noun, feminine
IPA
/ɡrop/
Syllables
ɡrop (1 syllable)

Meaning

  1. ditch, drain

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *grōpō (“furrow, ditch, trench”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreb-, *gʰrebʰ- (“to dig, furrow, scratch”).

Descendants

groop

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