English

grasper

From grasp + -er.

Formed from grasp + -er

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

noun A person who grasps

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