French word gripper comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʰrib-, and later Proto-Germanic *grīpaną (To grab, grasp.)

Detailed word origin of gripper

Dictionary entry	Language	Definition
*gʰrib-	Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
*grīpaną	Proto-Germanic (gem-pro)	To grab, grasp.
*gripan	Frankish (frk)	To grasp, grab.
gripper	French (fra)	To grab, to grasp.

Words with the same origin as gripper