Etymograph

English

quickdrop

Quickdrop comes from English drop ‘shoot down, kill’.

  1. English1500–presentdrop1‘shoot down, kill’
  2. Englishtodayquickdrop1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English quickdrop

Lineage

  1. English1500–presentdropWiktionary, English quickdrop‘shoot down, kill’
  2. EnglishtodayquickdropWiktionary, English quickdrop

A compound of quick + drop ‘shoot down, kill’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- ‘to live’

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Proto-Germanic *kwikwaz ‘alive’

Proto-West Germanic *kwiku ‘alive’

Old English cwic ‘alive’

Middle English quik ‘living’

English quick

Proto-Germanic *drupô ‘drop’

Proto-West Germanic *dropō ‘drop’

Old English dropa ‘a drop’

Middle English droppe ‘small quantity of liquid’

English drop

Every English word from English drop

Today it means

verb To rapidly kill (another player).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “quickdrop”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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