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Where does “crumpet” come from?

crumpet (English) comes from English crompid, from English crumpen — to curl up.

crumpet (English): A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round,...

Definitions

  1. A type of savoury cake, typically flat and round,...

Ancestry of “crumpet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishcrompid—
2Englishcrumpento curl up

Words derived from “crumpet”

  • крампет
Every word from English crumpen →