As far as I understood, it was part of the language before.
The german equivalent of the word would be probably "greifbar". Being able to hold something, usually used metaphorically.
The german equivalent of the word would be probably "greifbar". Being able to hold something, usually used metaphorically.
Would "grasp" work?
The best dual purpose translation of "zu greifen"/"gripe" (German/Scandinavian) meaning "zu begreifen"/"begripe"/"understand" would be "to grasp", which covers both physically grabbing into something and also to understand it intellectually.
All these words stem back to the Proto-Indo-European gʰrebʰ, which more or less completes the circle back to "grep".
Origin 1960s: a word invented by Robert Heinlein (1907–88), American author.