Droppe

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. An archaic past-tense form of the verb to drop, meaning that something was let fall or sank downward
2. Old spelling of the past tense of the verb drop, used for something that once fell or was allowed to tumble
3. A historical variant form of the past tense of drop, describing an object that went down or was released

Etymology: "Droppe" is the past tense of the verb "drop" in Middle English, the English spoken before modern spelling settled, and here it means to let fall once. The verb comes from Old English "dropian," which meant to fall in drops or drip. That Old English verb was formed from the noun "dropa," a drop of liquid. The same Germanic root gave German "Tropfen" and Dutch "druppel," both still meaning a drop of liquid, so the sense of falling in small beads is the verb's oldest one.