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ripenEnglish (en) · Unnumbered etymologySource text
From Middle English *ripenen, extended form of ripen, from Old English rīpian. In the modern form, equivalent to ripe + -en (inchoative and factitive suffix). As in several other verbs, the alteration seems to have occurred during the time when the infinitive and plural ending -en was in the process of being lost (and was thus open to reinterpretation). The earliest attestation is deverbal Middle English ripening (“causing ripeness, ripening”).
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Mayhew–Skeat (1888)
1888; pinned HTML transcription updated October 28, 2024- RipenMiddle English · word_ripen_vb_1
Ripen, v. to become ripe, Prompt.; ripede, pt. s., S.—AS. rípian.
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Ripen, v. to divide by tearing open, to rip, to search diligently, examine, HD, JD, SkD (s.v. rip); rype, Palsg.; riped, pt. s., S2.—Cp. Swed. repa, to scratch.
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