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the etymology _is_ certainly idiomatic

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Oct 26, 2022, 2:03:44 PM10/26/22
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the paperback book [The Roots of English] by Robert Clairborne

in the short entry for TREP-2 .... >>> L tropus ...
Retrieve ( < OF "find again") is either idiomatic or unrelated. <<<


Do you know of an example of ... where we know that
the etymology _is_ certainly idiomatic ?
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