déraper

Meaning

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

Frequency

28k
Etymology

In summary

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.

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