The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἁρπάγη“hook”
- Latin · derived fromharpaga
- Old French · derived fromharpon
- English todayharpoon
From Old French harpon, from Latin harpaga, a variant of Latin harpagō, from Ancient Greek ἁρπάγη (harpágē, “hook”), from ἁρπάζω (harpázō, “to snatch away, to carry off, to seize, to captivate”). Sense and spelling perhaps influenced by Dutch harpoen (“harpoon”). Doublet of harpagon.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἁρπάγη all →
harpagon
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.