English
grype
Grype comes from Latin gryps ‘griffin’, and goes back to Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρῡ́ψgrū́ps‘griffin’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgryps‘griffin’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gripe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1520grype
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγρῡ́ψgrū́ps‘griffin’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgryps‘griffin’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gripe
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1520grype
Earliest quotation: 1520, Chronicles of England; quoted in, Gripe, sb.³: “His faders deed bodye..he devyded to an hondred grypes…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ger- ‘to turn, twist, bend, wind’
creek, crate, crotch, crouch, cripple, cram, crutch, crosse, crinkle, 8 more
through Latin gryps ‘griffin’
Today it means
noun A vulture, Gyps fulvus; the griffin.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek γρῡ́ψ / grype