English
griddle
Griddle comes from Middle English gridil ‘an iron grate or grid’, from Old French greil ‘grill’, and ultimately from Latin crāticulum.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrāticulum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400greil‘grill’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400gredil
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gridil‘an iron grate or grid’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850griddle
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcrāticulum
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400greil‘grill’
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400gredil
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gridil‘an iron grate or grid’
- Englishearliest quotation 1850griddle
Earliest quotation: 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology: “A nice half griddle of whole-meal bread and a…”
Linked words
through Old French greil ‘grill’
through Middle English gridil ‘an iron grate or grid’
Today it means
noun A stone or metal flat plate or surface on which food is fried or baked.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin crāticulum / griddle