ripe

ripe · adjective, noun, verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁reyb-“to snatch”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*rīpijaz
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*rīpī
4. Old English · inherited fromrīpe“ripe, mature”
5. Middle English · inherited fromripe
6. English todayripe

From Middle English ripe, rype, from Old English rīpe (“ripe, mature”), from Proto-West Germanic *rīpī, from Proto-Germanic *rīpijaz, *rīpiz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyb- (“to snatch”). Cognate with West Frisian ryp (“ripe”), Dutch rijp (“ripe”), German reif (“ripe”). Related to reap.

ripe · noun²

1. Latin · derived fromripa
2. Middle English · inherited fromripe
3. English todayripe

From Middle English ripe, from Latin ripa.

ripe · adjective³

An alteration of rife.

Ripe · proper noun⁴

1. Old English · derived fromrip
2. English todayRipe

Recorded as Ripe in 1086 (DB), from Old English rip, "edge or strip of land".

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