Where does “crabbily” come from?
crabbily (English) comes from English crabby, from English crab, from English carabiner, from German Karabinerhaken, from German Karabiner, from French carabine, from French carabin, from French escarrabin — a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
crabbily (English): In a crabby manner
Definitions
- In a crabby manner
Ancestry of “crabbily”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | crabby | Visibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable,... |
| 2 | English | crab | A crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having... |
| 3 | English | carabiner | A metal link with a gate that can open and close,... |
| 4 | German | Karabinerhaken | carabiner, snap hook, snap-link |
| 5 | German | Karabiner | carbine; Karabinerhaken: carabiner |
| 6 | French | carabine | rifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier |
| 7 | French | carabin | carabineer; medical student |
| 8 | French | escarrabin | grave digger |
| 9 | Middle French | scarabée | beetle |
| 10 | Latin | scarabaeus | A scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient... |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | κάραβος | a kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a... |