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Where does “grepe” come from?
grepe (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch grēpa, from Proto-Germanic graipō.
Ancestry of “grepe”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Old Dutch
grēpa
handle, grip
2
Proto-Germanic
graipō
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Words derived from “grepe”
greep
staatsgreep
lettergreep
deurgreep
kunstgreep
greeploos
vijflettergrepig
eenlettergrepig
meerlettergrepig
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