English word sour grapes comes from Frankish *krappō (A hook.), Proto-Indo-European *puḱsos, Proto-Indo-European *puk-, Proto-Indo-European *puk-so-, Old French graper, craper (To pick grapes.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *krappō | Frankish (frk) | A hook. |
| *puḱsos | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *puk- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| *puk-so- | Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro) | |
| graper, craper | Old French (fro) | To pick grapes. |
| grape | Old French (fro) | |
| grape | Middle English (enm) | |
| *fuhsaz | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Fox. |
| fox | Old English (ang) | Fox. |
| fox | Middle English (enm) | |
| grape | English (eng) | (dialect, north, UK) To grope.. (of livestock) To develop tubercules as a result of tuberculosis.. To develop a texture with small grape-like clusters of a contaminant or foreign substance.. To pick grapes. Containing grapes or having a grape flavor.. Of a dark purplish red colour. (US, slang, colloquial, AAVE) A person's head.. (countable) A small, round, smooth-skinned edible fruit, [...] |
| sour grapes | English (eng) | (idiomatic) A putting down or expression of disdain about something that one desires but cannot have.. (idiomatic) Things that somebody pretends to despise because he/she cannot obtain or have it. |