English
quiddler
From quiddle + -er.
Formed from quiddle + -er
Proto-Indo-European *kʷ- ‘the primary interrogative root’
Proto-Indo-European *kʷís ‘who, what’
Proto-Indo-European *kʷid
Proto-Italic *kʷid
Latin quid ‘what’
English quiddle
Today it means
noun A waster of time; an idler or dawdler.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “quiddler”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / quiddler