Reap
/riːp/noun
To gather or harvest a crop.
Did you know?In ancient agricultural rituals, the act of reaping was often intertwined with seasonal deities, symbolizing death and rebirth in the cycle of life.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*reip-
“to snatch or take”
Old English
Old English
rēopan
“to gather or harvest crops”
Middle English
Middle English
repen
“to gather in; to harvest”
Modern English
English
reap
“to cut or gather crops from the fields”