English

handclap

From hand + clap.

A compound of hand + clap

Proto-Germanic *handuz

Proto-West Germanic *handu

Old English hand

Middle English hond

English hand

Proto-Germanic *klappōną ‘to clap’

Proto-West Germanic *klappijan ‘to clap, strike or pound’

Old English clæppan ‘to throb’

Middle English clappen ‘to clap’

English clap

Today it means

noun A single clap of the hands.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / handclap