Etymology

crippler

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Today it means: A person who, or thing which cripples. Full definition →

English cripple ← Middle English crepel ← Old English crypel
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*grewbʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*kreupaną
  3. Proto-Germanic*krupilaz
  4. Proto-West Germanic*krupil
  5. Old Englishcrypel
  6. Middle Englishcrepel
  7. Englishcripple
  8. English todaycrippler

From cripple + -er.

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