Etymology of the English word grippe
the English word
grippederived from the Old French word
grippederived from the Old French word
gripperderived from the Frankish root
*gripanderived from the French word
literallyderived from the French word
culderived from the Latin word
culus (buttocks; posterior; anus)
derived from the Medieval Latin word
bonus (good; good, honest, brave; good, moral, honest)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*deu-derived from the Medieval Latin word
canopeumderived from the Greek word
konopeion, κωνωπεῖον
derived from the Greek word
konops, κώνωψ (a mosquito (from its stinging proboscis))
derived from the Old French word
laiederived from the Middle Dutch word
laegederived from the Middle Dutch word
laeyeDate
The earliest known usage of grippe in English dates from the 18th century.
Derivations in English
grippyCognates
Dutch
griep, French
grippe, German
Grippe, Italian
grippe, Lithuanian
gripas, Polish
grypa, Russian
гриппUsage
Word found in Modern English
