ripper

ripper · noun, adjective¹

1. Proto-Indo-European*Hrew-?
2. Proto-Indo-European*Hrewp-
3. Proto-Indo-European*Hrupnéh₂ti
4. Proto-Germanic*ruppōną
5. Proto-West Germanic*ruppōn
6. Old English*ruppian?
7. Proto-Indo-European*Hrewp-
8. Proto-Germanic*rupp-
9. Proto-Germanic*rupjaną
10. Proto-West Germanic*ruppjan
11. Old English*ryppan?
12. Middle Englishryppen
13. Middle Englishrippen
14. Englishrip
15. English todayripper

From rip + -er; originated 1605–15.

ripper · noun²

Compare rip (“a basket”), or riparian (“relating to a river bank”).

Ripper · proper noun³

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)ker-“to bend”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*hrepaz
3. Old Norse · derived fromhrip
4. Middle English · derived fromripier“basket”
5. English todayRipper

* As an English surname, from Middle English ripier (“basket”), from Old Norse hrip, from Proto-Germanic *hrepaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend”). * As a Scottish surname, from Middle English reper (“reaper, harvester”) (modern reaper). * As a German surname, variant of Ripp.

Ripper · proper noun, noun⁴

From ripper, from rip+-er

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