English

firstripe

From first + ripe.

A compound of first + ripe

Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘before’

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Proto-Germanic *furistaz ‘first’

Proto-West Germanic *furist

Old English fyrest

Middle English first

English first

Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- ‘to snatch’

Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz

Proto-West Germanic *rīpī

Old English rīpe ‘ripe, mature’

Middle English ripe

English ripe

Today it means

adj Of fruit, the earliest to ripen; the freshest.

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

Etymograph / firstripe