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Where does “graspen” come from?

graspen (Middle English) comes from Old English *grǣpsian.

Ancestry of “graspen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old English*grǣpsian—

Words derived from “graspen”

  • grasp
  • grasping
  • graspable
  • ungraspable
  • grasper
  • ungraspability
  • graspingly
  • graspeth
  • graspest
  • graspability
  • graspless
  • regrasp
  • graspingness
  • ungraspably
  • foregrasp
  • begrasp
  • ungrasp
  • graspful
  • engrasp
Every word from Old English *grǣpsian →