## Meanings
1. An object used by actors on a stage or film set.
2. An object used to support or hold something up.
3. To support or hold something up so it does not fall.

## Examples
- The fake sword was just a prop made of painted plastic.
- He slid a wooden prop under the sagging shelf.
- Try using a book to prop up the wobbly table leg.

## Derived Forms
- clothes-prop
- clothesprop
- prop-jet
- propleg
- propless
- propmaker
- propmaster
- proppage
- proppantr
- propper
- proppy
- propstick

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: proppe

## Etymology
From Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”).

## AI Etymology
Prop is from Middle English proppe (“a prop, support, support for a vine or plant”), from Middle Dutch proppe (“support, support for a vine, stopper for a bottle”). Compare Middle Low German proppe (“plug, stopper”), German Pfropfen (“plug”), Danish prop (“plug, stopper”). In present-day use, it can mean an object used by actors on a stage or film set, or an object used to support or hold something up. Derived formations include clothes-prop, clothesprop, prop-jet, propleg, propless.

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