Wrap
/ræp/noun
To cover, enclose, or surround something by folding or winding material around it.
Did you know?The word’s earliest history is uncertain, but scholars generally connect it with Germanic words describing winding, folding, or twisting rather than with any occult practice.
Etymological Timeline
Before 1200
Germanic
Uncertain Germanic expressive root
“A probable Germanic formation associated with twisting, winding, or folding; the exact ancestral form is not securely reconstructed.”
14th Century
Middle Dutch
wrappen
“To wrap, fold, or wind around; a likely source or relative of English wrap.”
Late 14th Century
Middle English
wrappen
“To wind, fold, or twist around something.”
16th Century
English
wrap
“To cover or enclose by winding or folding material around it.”
19th Century
English
wrap
“To finish, complete, or bring something to an end, as in “wrap up.””
Modern English
English
wrap
“To cover, enclose, bundle, finish, or conceal something.”