'aripple' originates from English, formed by the prefix 'a-' (from Old English 'on/að', meaning 'on/in') combined with the noun 'ripple' (from Middle English 'ripel'), where 'ripple' meant 'small wave'.

'aripple' developed from earlier English usages of the prepositional/privative prefix + noun construction (e.g. 'a ripple' or 'on ripple') and was later written as a single word 'aripple' in poetic and dialectal contexts.

Initially it meant 'in or with small waves' and over time has retained that basic sense but become chiefly poetic or archaic in modern English.