Where does “rip” come from?

Rip comes from Old English ripan, related to Old English ribb and Proto-West Germanic ribi, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European reup meaning to tear or pull apart.

rip (English): A tear; A type of tide or current; A comical,...

Definitions

  1. A tear; A type of tide or current; A comical,...

Ancestry of “rip”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishrippen—
2Middle Englishryppento pluck
3Proto-Germanicrupjaną—
4Proto-Germanicraupijanąto pluck, rip, pull off
5Proto-Indo-Europeanroub ~ reub-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanreup—

Words derived from “rip”

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