Where does “Scrabble” come from?

Scrabble (Finnish) comes from English Scrabble, from Middle Dutch schrabbelen, from Middle Dutch schrabben — to scrape.

Scrabble (Finnish): Scrabble board game with interlocking words

Definitions

  1. Scrabble board game with interlocking words

Ancestry of “Scrabble”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishScrabbleA board game in which players draw letter tiles and take turns to make interlocking words like a crossword, scoring points according to the letters played and their positions on the board
2Middle Dutchschrabbelen—
3Middle Dutchschrabbento scrape
Every word from Middle Dutch schrabben →Every word from Middle Dutch schrabbelen →Every word from English Scrabble →