grapple

Meanings

Verb

Noun

Origin

  • From , from (compare Old English ġegræppian ("to seize")), from , *grabbalōną, from , equivalent to grab + -le. Cognate with Dutch grabbelen ("to grope, scramble, scrabble"), German grabbeln ("to rummage, grope about") and grapsen, grapschen. Influenced in some senses by grapple (see below). See further at grasp.
  • From , *graple, from (compare Old French grappin ("hook")), from , grappe, crape, of Germanic origin, from , from , *gremb-, from . See further at grape. Influenced in some senses by grapple (see above).

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