Etymograph

English

engrasp

From en- + grasp?

Formed from en- + grasp

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- ‘to take, seize, rake’

Proto-Germanic *graipisōną

Proto-West Germanic *graipisōn

Old English *grǣpsian ‘to grab, grasp’

Middle English graspen

English grasp

Today it means

verb To grasp; to grip, to take hold of.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / engrasp