crope

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English crope, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English crēap (“crept”), first and third person singular indicative of crēopan (“to creep”).

Verb

crope

1. (obsolete) simple past of creep

Related terms

• cropen

Anagrams

• Pecor, Poreč, coper

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Old French

Alternative forms

• croupe, crupe

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kruppaz.

Noun

crope oblique singular, f (oblique plural cropes, nominative singular crope, nominative plural cropes)

1. croup (rear of a horse)

Descendants

• Middle French: croupe
  • French: croupe (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: croupe
• → Middle English: croupe, crope, crop, croppe
  • English: croup, croupe
  • Scots: crouppe