grab

grab · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*gʰrebʰ-“to gather, rake, grab, seize”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*grabōną“to gather, rake”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*grabbōn
4. Old Saxon · derived fromgravan
5. Middle Low German · borrowed fromgrabben“to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”
6. Middle Dutch · borrowed fromgrabben
7. English todaygrab

From Middle Dutch grabben or Middle Low German grabben (“to grasp, grab, seize, snatch”), from Old Saxon gravan, from Proto-West Germanic *grabbōn, a secondary form of Proto-Germanic *grabōną (“to gather, rake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrebʰ- (“to gather, rake, grab, seize”). Related to archaic German grappen (“to grab”), Danish grabbe (“to grab”), Swedish grabba (“to grab”), Old Norse grápa (“to seize, appropriate”), Middle English grappen (“to feel, grope, grasp, clutch”), Old English ġegræppian (“to seize”). Related also to Sanskrit गृह्णाति (gṛhṇā́ti), गृभ्णाति (gṛbhṇā́ti, “he seizes”), Avestan 𐬔𐬭𐬀𐬠 (grab, “to seize”)), Macedonian грабне (grabne, “to snatch”), Bulgarian грабя (grabja, “to rob, to grab”).

grab · noun²

1. Arabic · derived fromغُرَاب
2. English todaygrab

From Arabic غُرَاب (ḡurāb) and Hindi ghurb?: crow, raven, a kind of Arab ship.

Grab · noun³

From Grab, a Singaporean company which provides taxi rides and food deliveries, and provides a system of electronic payments; the company name is from the word grab.

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