thorp

Senso (Inglese)

A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.

Concetti

villaggio

sinonimi

thorpe

little village

Traduzioni

Dorf

χωρίδιο

hameau

village

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/θɔːp/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: thorp

Ereditato da inglese antico: þorp

In summary

From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village”), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorf and dorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.