Etymology

griddle

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Today it means: A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked. Full definition →

Middle English gridil ← Anglo-Norman gredil ← Old French greil
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  1. Latin · derived fromcrāticulum
  2. Old French · derived fromgreil
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromgredil
  4. Middle English · inherited fromgridil
  5. English todaygriddle

From Middle English gridil, from Anglo-Norman gredil, variant of Old French greil, from Latin crāticulum, diminutive of crātis. Doublet of grill (“grid of wire”), from the same Old French and Latin sources, doublet of grate.

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