English

gripsack

From grip + sack.

A compound of grip + sack

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

Middle English sak ‘bag, sackcloth’

English sack

Today it means

noun A traveller's bag.

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

Etymograph / gripsack