Trapping

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Old English træppe (in coltetræppe ‘Christ's thorn’); related to Middle Dutch trappe and medieval Latin trappa, of uncertain origin. The verb dates from late Middle English.

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From Middle English trappyng, trappynge, from trap, trappe(“personal belongings, owndom, household goods”) (compare Middle English trappen(“to deck, caparison”)), of uncertain origin. Possibly from Anglo-Norman, from Medieval Latin trapus(“cloth”), from Frankish* traba, * trapa(“cloth, thread, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *trabō, *trafą, *trēb(“fringe, rags”), from Proto-Indo-European *drāp-, *drāb-(“rag”). Akin to Old High German traba(“fringe, tatters, thread”), Old Norse traf(“headscarf”). Compare Spanish trapo(“rag”).