English
gripment
grip + -ment.
Formed from grip + -ment
Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- ‘to grab, grasp’
Proto-Germanic *grīpaną ‘to grab, grasp’
Proto-Germanic *gripjaną ‘to grip’
Old English grippan ‘to seize’
Middle English grippen ‘to grip or grab onto’
English grip
Today it means
noun Grip (holding).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gripment