English

gription

Blend of grip + traction.

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

Latin trahō ‘pull’

Latin tractus

Medieval Latin tractio

Today it means

noun The property of gripping and providing traction.

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

Etymograph / gription