Where does “noncrumbly” come from?
noncrumbly (English) comes from English crumbly, from English crumble, from English crymble, from Middle English crymblen, from Old English crymlan, from Old English cruma, from Proto-Germanic krumô, from Proto-Indo-European grū-mo- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
noncrumbly (English): Not crumbly
Ancestry of “noncrumbly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | crumbly | Easy to break into small fragments; brittle or... |
| 2 | English | crumble | To fall apart; to disintegrate; To break into... |
| 3 | English | crymble | — |
| 4 | Middle English | crymblen | — |
| 5 | Old English | crymlan | to crumble |
| 6 | Old English | cruma | fragment; crumb |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | krumô | crumb, fragment |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | grū-mo- | something scraped together, lumber, junk; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |