Where does “grappillage” come from?
grappillage (French) comes from French grappiller, from French grappe, from Middle French grappe, from Old French grappe, from Old French graper, from Old French grap, from Frankish krappō, from Proto-Indo-European grep- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
grappillage (French): A second harvest
Ancestry of “grappillage”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | grappiller | to pick; to scrape together, rake together |
| 2 | French | grappe | bunch, cluster |
| 3 | Middle French | grappe | — |
| 4 | Old French | grappe | grappling hook; fruits or flowers together |
| 5 | Old French | graper | to pick grapes |
| 6 | Old French | grap | hook |
| 7 | Frankish | krappō | hook; a hook |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | grep- | hook; a hook, force |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gremb- | crooked, uneven |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |