English

grapplehook

From grapple + hook.

A compound of grapple + hook

Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ-

Old English *græpplian ‘to seize’

Middle English *grapplen ‘to seize, lay hold of’

Proto-Germanic *hōkaz

Proto-West Germanic *hōk

Old English hōc ‘hook’

Middle English hoke

English hook

Today it means

noun a grappling hook

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

Etymograph / grapplehook