Etymograph

English

rip entry

From rip + entry.

A compound of rip + entry

Proto-Indo-European *roub- ~ *reub-

Proto-Germanic *rupjaną

Middle English rippen

English rip

Latin intrā ‘within’

Latin intrō ‘to enter’

Old French entrer ‘to enter’

Old French entree

Middle English entre

English entry

Today it means

noun A type of entry into the water when diving from a platform or springboard where no splash results after the entire body has entered the water (the splash only results from initial contact and not at the end).

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “rip entry”. 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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