Etymograph

English

euripe

Euripe comes from Ancient Greek Εὔρῑπος ‘Euripus’, from ῥιπή ‘swing or force with which anything is thrown’, and ultimately from ῥίπτω.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥίπτω‘to throw’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῥιπήrhipḗ‘swing or force with which anything is thrown’next step skipped: Ancient Greek εὔρῑπος
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΕὔρῑποςEúrīpos‘Euripus’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeurīpus
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600euripe
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1624same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥίπτω‘to throw’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῥιπήrhipḗ‘swing or force with which anything is thrown’next step skipped: Ancient Greek εὔρῑπος
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEΕὔρῑποςEúrīpos‘Euripus’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeurīpus
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600euripe
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1624same form

Earliest quotation: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, The Anatomy of Melancholy: […]: “I will first see whether that relation of the…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek ῥίπτω

Today it means

noun A strait or channel of the sea.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῥίπτω / euripe

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