English
traphouse
From trap + house.
Proto-Indo-European *drebʰ- ‘to step, trip, trample’
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Proto-West Germanic *trappjan ‘to step’
Proto-West Germanic *trappjā ‘trap, snare’
Old English træppe ‘trap, snare’
Middle English trappe
English trap
Proto-Germanic *hūsą
Proto-West Germanic *hūs
Old English hūs ‘dwelling’
Middle English hous ‘house’
English house
Today it means
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Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “traphouse”. 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.
Etymograph / traphouse