Where does “grape” come from?

grape (Old French) comes 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...

grape (Old French): cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes

Definitions

  1. cluster of fruit or flowers, bunch of grapes

Ancestry of “grape”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frankishkrappōhook; a hook
2Proto-Indo-Europeangrep-hook; a hook, force
3Proto-Indo-Europeangremb-crooked, uneven
4Proto-Indo-Europeanger-to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...

Words derived from “grape”

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