crumble
English
/ˈkɹʌmbəl/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To fall apart; to disintegrate.
- (transitive) To break into crumbs.
- (transitive) To mix (ingredients such as flour and butter) in such a way as to form crumbs.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English *crymblen inherited from Old English *crymlan (crumble), cruma (crumb, fragment, morsel) suffix from English crumb.
Origin
English
crumb
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- breadcrumb English
- cakecrumb English
- crumb English
- crumbcloth English
- crumber English
- crumblable English
- crumbler English
- crumblesome English
- crumbless English
- crumblet English
- crumbleth English
- crumblike English
- crumbliness English
- crumbly English
- decrumb English
- noncrumbly English
- toastcrumb English
- Krümel German
- Krümelchen German
- krümeln German
- crumble French
- *krumô Proto-Germanic
- *crymlan Old English
- cruma Old English
- *crymblen Middle English
- crome Middle English
- crume Middle English