English
grippable
From grip + -able.
Formed from grip + -able
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
adj Capable of being gripped.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / grippable