grippe

Etymology

Borrowed from French grippe, from gripper (“to seize, snatch”), from Frankish *grīpan, from Proto-Germanic *grīpaną, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreyb- (“to grab, to grasp”). Borrowed from French into many languages of the world. More at gripe.

noun

  1. (pathology, dated) Influenza, the flu.
    These other germs are the cause of colds and coughs and grippes. 1885, Public Health, Michigan, volume 2, page 39

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