Where does “scrapmonger” come from?

scrapmonger (English) comes from English scrap, from Middle English scrappe, from Old Norse skrap, from Old Norse skrapa, from Proto-Germanic skrapōną, from Proto-Indo-European skreb- — to engrave.

scrapmonger (English): A scrap dealer

Definitions

  1. A scrap dealer

Ancestry of “scrapmonger”, step by step

scrapmonger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English scrap

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishscrapA piece; a fragment; a detached, incomplete...
2Middle Englishscrappe—
3Old Norseskrap—
4Old Norseskrapato clatter; to prate; to scratch out
5Proto-Germanicskrapōnąto scrape, scratch
6Proto-Indo-Europeanskreb-to engrave

via English monger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmongerA dealer in a specific commodity; A person...
2Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
3Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
4Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European skreb- →Every word from Proto-Germanic skrapōną →Every word from Old Norse skrapa →