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rib: [OE] Rib is a widespread Germanic word, which goes back to a prehistoric *rebjō, source also of German rippe, Dutch rib, Swedish ribba ‘lath’, etc. Its Old Norse form rif is the ancestor of English reef. Outside Germanic it is related to Russian rebro ‘rib’.
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rib (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
Old English ribb "rib," from Proto-Germanic *rebja- (cognates: Old Norse rif, Old Saxon ribbi, Old Frisian ribb, Middle Dutch, Dutch ribbe, Old High German ribba, German Rippe), literally "a covering" (of the cavity of the chest), from PIE *rebh- "to roof, cover" (cognates: Greek ereptein "to roof," Old Church Slavonic rebro "rib, reef"). As an item of food from early 15c. Rib joint "brothel" is slang from 1943, probably in reference to Adam's rib (compare rib "woman, wife," attested from 1580s).
rib (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"tease, fool," 1930, apparently from rib (n.); perhaps as a figurative suggestion of poking someone in the ribs. Related: Ribbed; ribbing.