English
chop
Chop comes from Middle English choppen ‘to chop’.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500choppen‘to chop’
- Englishearliest quotation 1550chop
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500choppen‘to chop’
- Englishearliest quotation 1550chop
Earliest quotation: 1550, Hugh Latimer: “This fellow […]interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in.”
The story
Perhaps related to chip.
Every English word from Middle English choppen
Another origin of chop
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500choppe‘jaw, jawbone’
- Englishtodaychop
Perhaps ultimately related to Etymology 1 above.
Another origin of chop
- Hindic. 1500–presentछापनाchāpnā‘to print’
- Hindi, derivedc. 1500–presentछापchāp‘stamp’
- Englishtodaychop
Closely related to the similarly descended Malay word cap, which likely reinforced the English usage within the Malay world.
Today it means
noun A cut of meat, often containing a section of a rib.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English choppen / chop