ἁρπάζω

Etymology
. Suggested roots include  (compare  and 🇨🇬 ) and  (compare, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬). But, as Beekes notes, neither of these would be expected to yield the form ἁρπ-. Alternatively, ; the underlying -αγ- suffix (see Related terms below) further complicates a Proto-Indo-European origin.

Verb

 * 1) to snatch away, carry off
 * 2) to seize hastily, snatch up
 * 3) to seize, overpower
 * 4) to plunder