Etymology

warble

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Today it means: To modulate a tone's frequency. Full definition →

Middle English werble ← Frankish *werbel
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warble · verb, noun1

Perhaps onomatopoeic.

warble · noun2

  1. Frankish · derived from*werbel
  2. Middle English · inherited fromwerble
  3. English todaywarble

From Middle English werble (at least for the noun), from Frankish *werbel (mole cricket), cognate to Walloon waerbea.

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