Etymograph

English

regrip

From re- + grip.

Formed from re- + grip

Proto-Italic *wre- ‘again’

English re-

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

verb To grip again.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “regrip”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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