Etymology

handgrip

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Today it means: A handle; the portion of a handle that the hand occupies. Full definition →

Middle English hand grip ← Old English handgripe ← Proto-West Germanic *handugripi
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  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*handugripi“handgrip”
  2. Old English · inherited fromhandgripe“handgrip”
  3. Middle English · inherited fromhand grip
  4. English todayhandgrip

From Middle English hand grip, handegrip, from Old English handgripe (“handgrip”), from Proto-West Germanic *handugripi (“handgrip”), equivalent to hand + grip. Cognate with Dutch handgreep (“handgrip, grasp”), German Handgriff (“handgrip, grasp, handle, hilt”), Danish håndgreb (“handgrip”), Swedish håndgrepp (“handgrip, handle, hilt”).

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