Drop
/drɒp/noun
To fall or make something fall suddenly; a small amount of liquid that hangs or falls in a rounded shape.
Did you know?English drop comes from an ancient Germanic root for falling or dripping, and its cousins spread through old European languages with the same sense of sudden descent.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dhrebh-
“to fall, drip, or flow down”
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*drupjaną
“to drip, fall in drops”
Old English
English
dropa
“a drop of liquid”
Middle English
English
droppe
“a drop; to fall in drops”
Modern English
English
drop
“to fall suddenly or a small rounded quantity of liquid”