trop

French

adv
Definitions
  • too; too much
  • (colloquial) very, really, so

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French trop inherited from Old French trop (unreasonably excessive) derived from Frankish *thorp (agglomeration, a cluster, village, gathering, also collection of houses, assembly) derived from Proto-Germanic *þurpą (village, estate, land, crowd, group) derived from Proto-Indo-European *trab-.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*trab-

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