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Where does “scrap” come from?

Scrap comes from Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap and skrapa, from Proto-Germanic skrapōną, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European skrep-.

scrap (English): A piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete...

Definitions

  1. A piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete...

Ancestry of “scrap”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishscrappe—
2Old Norseskrap—
3Old Norseskrapato clatter; to prate; to scratch out
4Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
5Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave

Words derived from “scrap”

  • scrapbook
  • scrappy
  • scrapper
  • scrapheap
  • scrapyard
  • scrappiness
  • scrapbooker
  • scrappily
  • scrappage
  • scrapwood
  • scrapman
  • scrappable
  • e-scrap
  • electroscrap
  • scrapbooky
  • scrappie
  • スクラップブック
  • スクラップ
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