Etymology

graps

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Middle English grapsen ← Old English *grǣpsian
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited from*grǣpsian
  2. Middle English · inherited fromgrapsen
  3. English todaygraps

From Middle English grapsen, re-unmetathesised version of graspen (“to grasp”), from Old English *grǣpsian. Compare to its equally unmetathesised cognates German Low German grapsen (“to grab; grasp”), German grapsen, Saterland Frisian Grapse (“double handful”).

Words from the same roots

Old English*grǣpsian all →

grasp

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.