English
klap
Klap comes from Afrikaans klap.
- Afrikaansmodernklap
- Englishearliest quotation 2005same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Afrikaansmodernklap
- Englishearliest quotation 2005same form
Earliest quotation: 2005, Al Lovejoy: “You did something wrong and he klapped you.”
Every English word from Afrikaans klap
Today it means
verb To strike; to smack.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Afrikaans klap / klap