Where does “scrumptious” come from?
I need to identify the origin chain for "scrumptious" based on the provided data, but I notice the chain given appears to be for "sumptuous," not "scrumptious."
However, following your instructions to state only what the chain supports: I cannot write an accurate etymology sentence because the chain provided (sumptuous > somptueux > sumptuosus > sumptus) does not match the headword "scrumptious," and the meaning is marked unknown.
If you intended for me to write about **sumptuous** instead, here is the sentence:
Sumptuous derives from French somptueux, from Latin sumptuosus, from Latin sumptus meaning expended or spent.
If "scrumptious" is the intended headword, please provide the correct etymological chain for that word.
scrumptious (English): Delicious; delectable; Picky; fastidious
Definitions
- Delicious; delectable; Picky; fastidious
Ancestry of “scrumptious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | scrimp | A pinching miser; a niggard; To make too small or... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | schrimpen | to shrivel up, shrink; to shrivel up, wrinkle |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skrimpaną | to contract, to shrink |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kerbʰ- | to turn, curve; to turn , wind; to turn around,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
Words derived from “scrumptious”