Where does “grippy” come from?
grippy (English) comes from English grippe, from French grippe, from French gripper, from Old French *gripper, from Frankish grīpan, from Proto-Germanic grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European gʰreyb-, from Proto-Indo-European gʰer- — to rub; to stroke; to grind.
grippy (English): Having a tight grip, or tending to grip well;...
Definitions
- Having a tight grip, or tending to grip well;...
Ancestry of “grippy”, step by step
grippy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English grippe
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | grippe | Influenza, the flu |
| 2 | French | grippe | influenza; flu; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | French | gripper | to grab, to grasp |
| 4 | Old French | *gripper | — |
| 5 | Frankish | grīpan | to seize; to grab, to grasp |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | grīpaną | to grab, grasp |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰreyb- | to grab, grasp; to grasp, grab; to grab, to grasp |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |