Etymograph

English

rip

Rip comes from Middle English rippen, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*roub- ~ *reub-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rupjanąreconstructed
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rippen
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1649rip

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*roub- ~ *reub-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*rupjanąreconstructed
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500rippen
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1649rip

Earliest quotation: 1649, John Milton, London: […] Matthew Simmons: “For brethren to debate and rip up their falling…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub-

Today it means

verb To divide or separate the parts of (especially something flimsy, such as paper or fabric), by cutting or tearing; to tear off or out by violence.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub- / rip

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