Wrap
Middle English: of unknown origin.
wiktionary
From Middle English wrappen(“to wrap, fold”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to North Frisian wrappe(“to press into; stop up”), dialectal Danish vrappe(“to stuff, cram”), Middle Low German rincworpen(“to envelop, wrap”), Middle Low German wrempen(“to wrinkle, scrunch the face”), all perhaps tied to Proto-Indo-European *werp-, *werb-(“to turn, twist, bend”). Compare also similar-sounding and similar-meaning Middle English wlappen(“to wrap, lap, envelop, fold”), Middle Dutch lappen(“to wrap up”), Old Italian goluppare(“to wrap”) (from Germanic). Doublet of lap; related to envelop, develop.
From Middle English wrappe, from the verb (see above).
wrap (plural wraps)
etymonline
wrap (v.)
early 14c., wrappen, "to wind (something around something else), cover (something), conceal; bind up, swaddle; fold (something) up or back on itself," of uncertain origin, perhaps via Scandinavian (compare Danish dialectal vravle "to wind"), from PIE *werp- "to turn, wind," from root *wer- (2) "to turn, bend." Or perhaps a variant of lap (v.2). To wrap up "put an end to" is from 1926. Related: Wrapped; wrapping. Wrapping paper is from 1715.
wrap (n.)
late 15c., "fine cloth used as a cover or wrapping for bread," from wrap (v.). As a type of women's garment, recorded from 1827. Meaning "plastic film or cellophane used as a wrap" is from 1930. Meaning "end of a filming session" is attested from 1970. Meaning "sandwich material folded up in flour tortilla" is by 1998. Figurative phrase under wraps "in concealment" is recorded from 1939.
