gryposis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγρυπῶσις“hooking”
2. Late Latin · borrowed fromgrȳpōsis“hooking”
3. English todaygryposis

From Late Latin grȳpōsis (“hooking”) (from grȳpus (“hook-nosed”)), from Ancient Greek γρυπῶσις (grupôsis, “hooking”), from γρύπεσθαι (grúpesthai, “become hooked”), from γρύπος (grúpos, “hook-nosed”).

Words from the same roots