English
spamtrap
From spam + trap.
Proto-Indo-European *drebʰ- ‘to step, trip, trample’
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Proto-West Germanic *trappjan ‘to step’
Proto-West Germanic *trappjā ‘trap, snare’
Old English træppe ‘trap, snare’
Middle English trappe
English trap
Today it means
noun A honeypot used to collect spam.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / spamtrap