2007-01-16 07:21:00 · 3 answers · asked by Florida girl 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
elope
first documented in 1596, from Anglo-Fr. aloper "run away from a husband with one's lover" (1338), from O.Fr es- + M.E. lepen "run, leap," or M.Du. (out)lopen "run away." Sense of "lovers who run from parents to marry secretly" is 19c. The oldest Gmc. word for "wedding" is represented by O.E. brydlop (cf. O.H.G. bruthlauft, O.N. bruðhlaup), lit. "bridal run," the conducting of the woman to her new home.
2007-01-16 18:01:55 · answer #1 · answered by Sterz 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Etymology: Anglo-French aloper, esloper
2007-01-16 07:48:03 · answer #2 · answered by ♦Bl!nd PoeT♦ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
[Perhaps Anglo-Norman aloper, to run away from one's husband with a lover, from Middle Dutch ontlopen, to run away : ont-, away from, along; see ant- in Indo-European roots + lopen, to run.]
In other words, nobody really knows, but this seems a good guess.
2007-01-16 07:32:36 · answer #3 · answered by Gary B 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋