Etymology

cribber

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Today it means: One who cribs from others; a plagiarist. Full definition →

English crib ← Middle English crib ← Old English cribb
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*grebʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*grébʰ-ōn ~ *grbʰ-n-ōs
  4. Proto-Germanic*krebô
  5. Proto-Germanic*kribjǭ
  6. Proto-West Germanic*kribbjā
  7. Old Englishcribb
  8. Middle Englishcrib
  9. Englishcrib
  10. English todaycribber

From crib + -er.

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