English

forloppin

Forloppin comes from English loup ‘to run, leap’.

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

Formed from for- + loppin

Proto-Indo-European *pro- ‘before, in front of’

Proto-Germanic *fra- ‘off, away’

Proto-West Germanic *fra- ‘forms verbs with the sense of "away from" or…’

English for-

Every English word from English loup

adj Being a runaway, vagabond, or renegade.

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