Thorp Definition
A surname.
An unincorporated CDP in Washington.
A city in Wisconsin.
A town in Clark County, Wisconsin.
Other Word Forms of Thorp
Noun
Origin of Thorp
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From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village"), from Proto-Germanic *þurpÄ…, *þrepÄ… (“village, farmstead, troop"), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room"). Cognate with North Frisian torp, terp (“village, fallow"), Dutch dorp (“village"), German Dorf (“hamlet, village, town"), Danish torp (“village"), Swedish torp (“farm, cottage, croft"), Icelandic þorp (“village, farm"), Latin trabs (“beam, rafter, roof"), Lithuanian trobà (“farmhouse"), Welsh tref (“town"), Albanian trevë (“country, region, village"). Related to troop.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English treb- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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