English
loper
Loper comes from English lope ‘to leap, to run’.
- English1500–presentlope‘to leap, to run’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000loper
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentlope‘to leap, to run’
- Englishearliest quotation 2000loper
Earliest quotation: 2000, Marilyn Elkins: “Wolves are very intelligent animals, and they are lopers…”
A compound of lope ‘to leap, to run’ + -er
Proto-Indo-European *klewb- ‘to spring’
Proto-Germanic *hlaupaną ‘to jump forward, to leap’
Old Norse hlaupa ‘to leap, jump’
Middle English lopen ‘to jump, leap’
English lope
Every English word from English lope
Another origin of loper
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wĺ̥kʷos‘wolf’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElupus‘wolf (Canis lupus)’
- Old Spanishc. 950–1500lobo‘wolf’uncertain
- Spanishc. 1500–presentsame form‘wolf’
- Englishtodayloper
Today it means
noun One who or that which lopes; a runner; a leaper.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English lope / loper