scrabble的词源

英文词源

scrabble (v.)

1530s, "to scrawl, scribble," from Dutch schrabbelen, frequentative of schrabben "to scratch," from the same root as scrape (v.). Meaning "to struggle, scramble" first recorded 1630s. Related: Scrabbled; scrabbling.

Scrabble (n.)

board game, 1949, proprietary name (registered U.S.), probably from scribble-scrabble "hasty writing" (1580s), a reduplication of scribble (n.).

中文词源

scrabble：翻找，乱翻，乱找

改写自 scrape,刮，擦，-le,表反复。引申词义乱翻，乱找。

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