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grip

/ɡˈɹɪp/GRIP
/ɡˈɹɪp/GRIP

Meaningto seize

Common meaning: a firm hold

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√GARBH‘grip, seize’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 98, p. 733 · scan
  2. Old Englishgripan‘to seize’sourceB&T
  3. Old Englishmeaning shiftsto seize → a graspgripe‘a grasp’sourceB&T
  4. Middle Englishgripesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa grasp → a firm holdgrip‘a firm hold’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English gripan ‘to seize’.

Roots

  • gripan Old English “to seize”

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