Etymology

feddle

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Today it means: Fiddle (musical instrument). Full definition →

Middle English ffedle ← Old English fiþele
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The story

  1. Old English · inherited fromfiþele“fiddle, viol, violin”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromffedle
  3. English todayfeddle

Eye dialect spelling descended from Middle English ffedle, fedele, fethil, fethele, variants of Middle English fithele, from Old English fiþele (“fiddle, viol, violin”). More at English fiddle.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishfiþele all →

fiddle

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