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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

  1. In a crabby manner

Ancestry of “crabbily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcrabbyVisibly irritated or annoyed; grouchy, irritable,...
2EnglishcrabA crustacean of the infraorder Brachyura, having...
3EnglishcarabinerA metal link with a gate that can open and close,...
4GermanKarabinerhakencarabiner, snap hook, snap-link
5GermanKarabinercarbine; Karabinerhaken: carabiner
6Frenchcarabinerifle; mistress of a cavalry soldier
7Frenchcarabincarabineer; medical student
8Frenchescarrabingrave digger
9Middle Frenchscarabéebeetle
10LatinscarabaeusA scarab, black dung beetle, revered in Ancient...
11Ancient Greekκάραβοςa kind of beetle, probably a longhorn beetle; a...
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