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pro-drop

adj

Etymology

pro(noun) + drop, with clipping.

  1. derived from *dʰrebʰ-✻ — “to drip, drop”
  2. inherited from *drupô✻ — “drop (of liquid)”
  3. inherited from *dropō✻ — “drop (of liquid)”
  4. inherited from dropa — “a drop”
  5. inherited from drope — “small quantity of liquid; small or least amount of something; pendant jewel; dripping of a liquid; a shower; nasal flow, catarrh; speck, spot; blemish; disease causing spots on the skin”
  6. inherited from droppe
  7. compounded as pro-drop — “pronoun + drop”

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of prodrop.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA