Crumb

Morpheme

Crumb

Type

free base

Denotation

fragment, small piece

Etymology

Middle English crome, cromme, crumme, crume; Old English cruma

Evidence

breadcrumb, cakecrumb, crumb, crumbable, crumbcloth, crumbed, crumber, crumbing, crumble, crumbled, crumbles, crumbless, crumblet, crumblier, crumbliest, crumblike, crumbling, crumbly, crumbs, crumby, decrumb, toastcrumb

Notes

unetymological <b> from 15c. on analogy of dumb, numb, thumb

See Also

Crum