crope

English

Etymology

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

Verb

crope

(obsolete) simple past of creep

Related terms

cropen

Anagrams

Pecor, Poreč, coper

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)

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

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