déraper

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dialectal déraper (“to tear at”), from Occitan derapar, derrabar (“to tear, uproot”), from de- + rapar (“to seize, remove”), from Gothic *𐍂𐌰𐍀𐍉𐌽 (*rapōn, “to snatch, steal”), from Proto-Germanic *hrapōną, *hrēpōną (“to scratch, touch, pluck out, snatch”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreb(h)-, *(s)kerb(h)- (“to turn, bend, shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Old English hreppan (“to touch, treat”), Old Norse hreppa (“to touch, grasp, receive”). More at raffle.

Pronunciation

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Verb

déraper

  1. to skid, to slide
  2. (of an anchor) to drag
  3. (figurative) to get out of hand, to get out of control

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: derrapar
  • → Galician: derrapar
  • → Italian: derapare
  • → Portuguese: derrapar
  • → Spanish: derrapar

Further reading

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