Where does “grape” come from?

grape (Middle English) comes from Old French grappe, from Old French graper, from Old French grap, from Frankish krappō, from Proto-Indo-European grep-, from Proto-Indo-European gremb-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Ancestry of “grape”, step by step

grape traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French grappe

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	grappe	grappling hook; fruits or flowers together
2	Old French	graper	to pick grapes
3	Old French	grap	hook
4	Frankish	krappō	hook; a hook
5	Proto-Indo-European	grep-	hook; a hook, force
6	Proto-Indo-European	gremb-	crooked, uneven
7	Proto-Indo-European	ger-	to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

via Old French crape

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	crape	hook; cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of...
2	Old French	craper	Alternative form of graper; to pick grapes
3	Frankish	krappo	hook

via Old French grape

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	grape	cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes

Words derived from “grape”

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